Buch, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 399 g
Buch, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 399 g
ISBN: 978-0-89838-280-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie Sonstige Fertigungsindustrien
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
Weitere Infos & Material
1: The Motor Vehicle and Traffic Safety Mandate.- Fatalities in Traffic Accidents—Trends and Incidence.- Early Congressional Hearings on Traffic Safety.- The Traffic Safety Acts of 1966.- Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.- Standards for Highway Safety Programs.- Other Safety Activities.- Perspectives.- Notes.- 2: A Framework for Thinking About Traffic Safety Policy.- The Nature of the Mandate.- The Technological Approach.- The Risk Homeostatic Approach.- A General Framework: The Individual Benefit-Cost Approach.- Potential Imperfections in Motorist Decisions: Types and Evidence.- Traffic Safety Problems: A Matter of Degree.- Notes.- Appendix: Mathmatical Exposition of the Individual Benefit-Cost Approach.- 3: The Contribution of Vehicle Safety Standards to Traffic Safety.- Changes in Traffic Fatality Rates.- Evidence on the Safety Effects.- Interpreting the Evidence.- Notes.- 4: Economics of Mandatory Passive Restraints: Benefit-Cost Analysis, Rulemaking and Court Decisions.- Background for Crash Protection Rules and Court Decisions.- Benefit—Cost Studies of Mandatory Passive Restraints.- Critique of the Benefit-Cost Analysis.- Perspective on Regulatory and Legal Decisions.- The Dole Rule—Economic Critique of the Current Standard.- Notes.- 5: Improving Traffic Safety Policy.- Immediate Causes of Imperfections.- Nonmarket Failure: An Obstacle to Policy Perfection.- Correcting Policy Imperfections with a Better Framework.- Notes.- 6: Summary Remarks and Recommendations.- Summary Remarks.- Recommendations for Improving Traffic Safety Policy.- List of Tables And Figures Table 1-1 Causes of Death, 1984.- Table 1–2 Incidence of Motor Vehicle Fatalities, by Age Group.- Table 1–3 Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates, 1947–1986.- Figure 1–1 Annual TrafficFatalities and Fatality Rates, 1947–1986.- Table 1–4 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.- Table 1–5 Standards for Highway Safety Programs.- Table 2–1 Representative Evidence on the Individual Benefit Cost Approach.- Table 3–1 Impact of Vehicle Safety Standards on Traffic Fatality Rates and Lives Saved.- Table 4–1 Benefit-Cost Studies of Mandatory Passive Restraints.- Table 5–1 Ranking of National Problems.