Sam Peltzman is a skeptic. At a time when the federal government is trying to design safety devices for every car, test every drug for efficacy, and save every endangered species, this distinguished ...

In the 1960s, after some prodding from Ralph Nader, government regulators began a major push for safer cars. Which made University of Chicago economist Sam Peltzman wonder just how much safer these ...

Do automobile safety features like seat belts and air bags really save lives? Maybe not. Economist Sam Peltzman argues that manadatory safety features like seat belts and air bags reduce the ...

University of Chicago emeritus professor of economics Sam Peltzman has a new paper in the Journal of Law & Economics, "Public Opinion about Regulation," looking at public perceptions of regulation.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sam Peltzman, an emeritus economics professor at the University of Chicago, concludes in a study that people who are married are ...

In celebration of the 300th birthday of Adam Smith and 125 years of Chicago Booth, the IGM held a conversation with Sam Peltzman, a faculty member at the university since 1973 and one of the senior ...

“In Washington, truth is just another special interest—and one that is not well financed,” observed Michael Mussa, the University of Chicago economist who became a member of President Ronald Reagan’s ...

FARGO — The North Dakota State University Sheila and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth will host an economist at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at Richard H. Barry Hall. “A ...