Arbeitspapier
Spring forward, don't fall back: The effect of daylight saving time on road safety
In this paper, we analyze the effect of light conditions on road accidents and estimate the long run consequences of different time regimes for road safety. Identification is based on variation in light conditions induced by differences in sunrise and sunset times across space and time. We find that darkness causes annual costs of £790 million. By setting daylight saving time year-round and, hence, shifting more daylight to the evening, 10 percent of these costs could be saved. Thus, focusing solely on the short run costs related to the transition itself underestimates the total costs of the current time regime.
- ISBN
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978-3-86788-896-7
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 768
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise
Energy: Government Policy
- Thema
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road accidents
light conditions
daylight saving time
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bünnings, Christian
Schiele, Valentin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
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Essen
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2018
- DOI
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doi:10.4419/86788896
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
- 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Bünnings, Christian
- Schiele, Valentin
- RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Entstanden
- 2018
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