Heat warnings and avoidance behavior : evidence from a bike-sharing system
Abstract: Governments throughout the globe usually implement early warning systems to prevent health-related costs from exposure to extreme heat. In a warming world, this type of information-provision approach is believed to be an effective way to deal with this natural hazard, even when there is...
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Springer Nature
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/10170 |
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| Sumario: | Abstract: Governments throughout the globe usually implement early warning systems
to prevent health-related costs from exposure to extreme heat. In a warming
world, this type of information-provision approach is believed to be an effective
way to deal with this natural hazard, even when there is little evidence of its
influence on individuals’ behavior. Using detailed information from 1 million
trips recorded by a bike-sharing system in Buenos Aires, Argentina, this paper
investigates the direct behavioral impact of heat warnings on cycling trips.
The results show substantial avoidance behavior for female cyclists and older
users: the number of trips for those groups decreases following a heat warning.
Alternative specifications for temperature and falsification tests suggest that
the findings are robust. As in other studies, this paper also shows that the
impact is diluted as time under alert increases. |
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