Risk compensation and the effectiveness
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Peter Asch; David T. Levy; Dennis Shea; Howard Bodenhorn
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Article
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1991
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Springer US
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English
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This paper investigates the effectiveness of New Jersey's mandatory belt use law (MUL) by testing specifically for: (1) a safety effect, and (2) a risk-compensation effect that could offset (in part) any safety impact. The main findings are that injury severity declined significantly in the 22 month