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The economics of traffic accidents on Austrian roads: Risk lovers or policy deficit?

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    Gunther Maier, Shelby Gerking & Peter Weiss

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Maier, G., Gerking, S. & Weiss, P. The economics of traffic accidents on Austrian roads: Risk lovers or policy deficit?. Empirica 16, 177–192 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00924876

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