PAM 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bicycle Helmet, Social Cost, Externality

• School: Cornell University
• Department: Policy, Analysis and Management
• Course: PAM 2300
• Professor: Rosemary Avery

Document Summary

Banning texting while driving analyst"s problem determine who effective limiting cell phone use while driving would be in reducing traffic fatalities and improving road safety. There should be 6 analyst problems examine cell phone limitations in other states. Offsetting behavior: something that is caused by the policy implementation. For our paper: won"t have a formal cost benefit analysis. Will say in the end ___ outweigh _____. Positive externalities for ban on texting while driving reduced congestion of highways because of less accidents (third party: people who aren"t texting while driving) Social costs and negative externalities are very similar, so if you put one in one part of the paper, don"t mention it again. Implementation problems: enforcement lack of funds for public awareness individuals may find created ways of getting around the police, ie putting phone on speakers and yelling while driving.