The sources of the Kuznets relationship between road fatalities and economic growth
This paper reports the results of an empirical analysis of the Kuznets curve relationship between per capita income and road fatalities across 60 countries over the period 1972–2004. This relationship hypothesizes that the number of road fatalities increases with increasing motorization in the early...
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| author | Law, Teik Hua Noland, Robert B. Evans, Andrew W. |
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| description | This paper reports the results of an empirical analysis of the Kuznets curve relationship between per capita income and road fatalities across 60 countries over the period 1972–2004. This relationship hypothesizes that the number of road fatalities increases with increasing motorization in the early stages of economic growth. Eventually, due to advances in technical, policy and political institutions, it declines as per capita income increases. The quality of political institutions as well as improvements in medical care and technology are hypothesized to impact road fatalities. Results indicate evidence of a Kuznets curve relationship between per capita income and road fatalities for both highly developed and less developed countries and support our hypothesis that changes in institutional quality and medical improvements underlie the Kuznets relationship. The evidence presented in this study suggests that lowering corruption levels as well as improvements in medical care and technology would help to reduce road fatalities. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-228862015-11-27T05:02:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22886/ The sources of the Kuznets relationship between road fatalities and economic growth Law, Teik Hua Noland, Robert B. Evans, Andrew W. This paper reports the results of an empirical analysis of the Kuznets curve relationship between per capita income and road fatalities across 60 countries over the period 1972–2004. This relationship hypothesizes that the number of road fatalities increases with increasing motorization in the early stages of economic growth. Eventually, due to advances in technical, policy and political institutions, it declines as per capita income increases. The quality of political institutions as well as improvements in medical care and technology are hypothesized to impact road fatalities. Results indicate evidence of a Kuznets curve relationship between per capita income and road fatalities for both highly developed and less developed countries and support our hypothesis that changes in institutional quality and medical improvements underlie the Kuznets relationship. The evidence presented in this study suggests that lowering corruption levels as well as improvements in medical care and technology would help to reduce road fatalities. Elsevier 2011-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22886/1/The%20sources%20of%20the%20Kuznets%20relationship%20between%20road%20fatalities%20and%20economic%20growth.pdf Law, Teik Hua and Noland, Robert B. and Evans, Andrew W. (2011) The sources of the Kuznets relationship between road fatalities and economic growth. Journal of Transport Geography, 19 (2). pp. 355-365. ISSN 0966-6923; ESSN: 1873-1236 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.02.004 |
| spellingShingle | Law, Teik Hua Noland, Robert B. Evans, Andrew W. The sources of the Kuznets relationship between road fatalities and economic growth |
| title | The sources of the Kuznets relationship between road fatalities and economic growth |
| title_full | The sources of the Kuznets relationship between road fatalities and economic growth |
| title_fullStr | The sources of the Kuznets relationship between road fatalities and economic growth |
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| title_short | The sources of the Kuznets relationship between road fatalities and economic growth |
| title_sort | sources of the kuznets relationship between road fatalities and economic growth |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22886/1/The%20sources%20of%20the%20Kuznets%20relationship%20between%20road%20fatalities%20and%20economic%20growth.pdf |
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