Sam Peltzman is

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at the

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. He is an editor of

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and was editor of the Journal of Political Economy from 1974 till 1989. Professor 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 in 1960.

Important publications

*"The Structure of the Money-Expenditures Relationship," American Economic Review, 1969. *"The Effect of Government Subsidies-in-Kind on Private Expenditures: The Case of Higher Education," Journal of Political Economy, 1973. *"The Effects of Auto Safety Regulation," Journal of Political Economy, 1975. *''The Regulation of Automobile Safety'',

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, 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," American Economic Review, 1985. *"Economic Conditions and Gubernatorial Elections," American Economic Review, 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. It is very broad in its scope. According to its editors its purpose is: #to synthesize and ...

, 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

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