The Prisoner's Dilemma and Vehicle Safety Some Policy Implications

Author: Tay R.

Source: Journal of Transport Economics and Policy (JTEP), Volume 36, Number 3, 1 September 2002 , pp. 491-495(5)

Publisher: Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

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Abstract:

Using the classic prisoner's dilemma framework in game theory, this paper argues that the current emphasis on occupant protection may result in a pareto inferior outcome. Shifting the relative emphasis from increasing occupant protection to non-aggressiveness of a vehicle, however, is likely to improve the environmental quality as well as reducing the road trauma.

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Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2002-09-01

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