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Sam Peltzman

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Sam Peltzman · Economics & Business

What

Economist

When

1940, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Sam Peltzman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Economist

How & why

Sam Peltzman is an American economist at the University of Chicago, known for the 'Peltzman effect' (risk compensation, whereby safety regulations can be partly offset by riskier behavior) and for influential work on the economics of regulation. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is listed among Jewish economists by Jinfo.org.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists