TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH Elizabeth Kopits

Abstract:  this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the view of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. Policy Research Working Papers are available online at http://econ.worldban k.org. We would like to thank the World Bank Research Board for funding and the Bank's Road Safety Thematic Group for comments and encouragement. We would especially like to thank Zmarak Shalizi for his encouragement during early stages of the project. Paulus Guitink and Hua Wang generously provided data. We would also like to thank the following people for their comments and suggestions: Amy Aeron-Thomas, Roger Betancourt, Bill Evans, Goff Jacobs, Matthijs Koornstra, Seth Sanders, Jeff Smith, V. Kerry Smith, and Jagadish Guria for his careful reading of the paper. We appreciate the comments of seminar participants at Resources for the Future, the University of Maryland, Camp Resources and the International Conference on Vehicle Safety and Reliability in Keszthely, Hungary. Traffic Fatalities and Economic Growth Elizabeth Kopits and Maureen Cropper I.