Sam Peltzman is

professor emeritus ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retirement, retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". ...

at the

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. He is an editor of '' The Journal of Law and Economics'' and was editor of the ''

Journal of Political Economy The ''Journal of Political Economy'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press. Established by James Laurence Laughlin in 1892, it covers both theoretical and empirical economics. In the past, the ...

'' from 1974 till 1989. Peltzman's research has focused on issues related to the interface between the

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and the private economy. His published work includes numerous articles in academic journals. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1965 and his B.B.A. from

City College of New York The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a Public university, public research university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York ...

in 1960.

Important publications

*"The Structure of the Money-Expenditures Relationship," ''

American Economic Review The ''American Economic Review'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal first published by the American Economic Association in 1911. The current editor-in-chief is Erzo FP Luttmer, a professor of economics at Dartmouth College. The journal is ...

'', 1969. *"The Effect of Government Subsidies-in-Kind on Private Expenditures: The Case of Higher Education," ''

'', 1973. *"The Effects of Auto Safety Regulation," ''

'', 1975. *''The Regulation of Automobile Safety'',

American Enterprise Institute The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, known simply as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), is a center-right think tank based in Washington, D.C., that researches government, politics, economics, and social welfare ...

, 1976. *"The Gains and Losses from Industrial Concentration," ''

Journal of Law and Economics ''The Journal of Law and Economics'' is an academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press. It publishes articles on the economic analysis of regulation and the behavior of regulated firms, the political economy of legislation and leg ...

'', 1977. *"The Growth of Government," ''

'', 1980. *"The Effect of FTC Advertising Regulation," ''

'', 1981. *"An Economic Interpretation of the History of Congressional Voting," ''

'', 1985. *"Economic Conditions and Gubernatorial Elections," ''

'', 1987. *"How Efficient is the Voting Market?" ''

'', 1990. *"Voters as Fiscal Conservatives," ''

Quarterly Journal of Economics ''The Quarterly Journal of Economics'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Oxford University Press for the Harvard University Department of Economics. Its current editors-in-chief are Robert J. Barro, Lawrence F. Katz, Nathan ...

'', 1992. *''Political Participation and Government Regulation'', University of Chicago Press, 1998. *"The Decline of Antitrust Enforcement," '' Review of Industrial Organization'', 2001. *"Mortality Inequality," ''

Journal of Economic Perspectives The ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'' (''JEP'') is an economic journal published by the American Economic Association. The journal was established in 1987. The JEP was founded by Joseph Stiglitz, Carl Shapiro, and Timothy Taylor. It is orien ...

'', 2009.

External links

* https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/emeriti/Sam-Peltzman {{DEFAULTSORT:Peltzman, Sam American economists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of Chicago faculty University of Chicago alumni Member of the Mont Pelerin Society Journal of Political Economy editors

Important publications

See also

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