Behavioral responses to the London July 2005 bombings : making deductions from counterfactual estimation and regression analysis /

This case study first highlights the challenges of estimating the relevant counterfactual: what would London Underground passenger journeys be if the terrorist attack not occurred? The second challenge involved explaining passenger journey reductions; our approach was to explore alternative explanat...

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Main Author:	Prager, Fynnwin (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Los Angeles, California] : SAGE, 2014.
Series:	SAGE research methods. Cases.
Subjects:	London Terrorist Bombings, London, England, 2005 > Research > Case studies. Attentats terroristes de Londres, Londres, Angleterre, 2005 > Recherche > Études de cas. Research England > London 2005 Electronic books. Case studies
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Summary:	This case study first highlights the challenges of estimating the relevant counterfactual: what would London Underground passenger journeys be if the terrorist attack not occurred? The second challenge involved explaining passenger journey reductions; our approach was to explore alternative explanations - such as preexisting trends, seasonal changes, economic growth, special events, and station closures following the attack - for the reduction in passenger journeys following the attacks. We were unable to either rule out or confirm due to a lack of data the common sense explanation that people were more fearful of using the London Underground in the aftermath of the attacks.
Physical Description:	1 online resource : illustration (black and white)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781473948488 1473948487