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Peltzman, Sam was born on January 24, 1940 in Brooklyn. Son of Benjamin Raphael and Ceil (Heller) Peltzman.
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Sam Peltzman is one of the world's leading economists, and the essays in this collection are central to the modern canon in political economy. These ten articles and an original introduction respond to two broad questions: How does government work? How do voters and their elected representatives make decisions? Given the media's portrayal of the cynical political atmosphere in America, Peltzman's responses are rather surprising—the electorate really does make well-informed decisions and elected officials actually do tend to vote according to their constituents' interests. These conclusions bear the stamp of the Chicago approach to political economy (which applies microeconomic principles to political phenomena), an approach that has had considerable success explaining why certain government policies have not achieved their intended effects. This collection reflects Peltzman's long career studying the interface between the private economy and the public sector. It will be essential to anyone who wishes to study government activity and voting behavior from an economic perspective.
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Peltzman, Sam was born on January 24, 1940 in Brooklyn. Son of Benjamin Raphael and Ceil (Heller) Peltzman.
Bachelor of Business Administration, City College of New York, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1965.
Professor economics University of California at Los Angeles, 1964-1973. Senior staff economist Council Economic Advisers, Washington, 1970-1971. Professor economics graduate school business University Chicago, 1973-1987, Sears, Roebuck professor, 1987-2001, director George J. Stigler Center Study of Economy and the State, 1992—2005, Ralph and Dorothy Keller distinguished service professor, 2001—2005, Ralph and Dorothy Keller professor emeritus, since 2005.
Visiting fellow Institute for Advanced Study Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1978. Director CMP Industries LLC, since 1995. Member council academy advisers American Enterprise Institute, since 1995.
Adjunct Scholar American Enterprise Institute.
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Author: Political Participation and Government Regulation, 1998. Co-author: Public Policy Toward Mergers, 1967. Editor Journal Law and Economics.Contributor articles to professional journals.
My principal interest has been in the relationship between economics and the legal system. In pursuit of this interest, I have done several studies on the effects of government regulation in such fields as banking, drugs, automobile safety, advertising regulation, etc. I have also thought about what common strands run through the diverse gamut of such regulations, so I have done some theoretical work on rational-choice models of regulation.
But mainly I regard myself as an empirical researcher, rather than a theorist. In recent years, I have come to realise that regulation and other forms of government activity have much in common, so I have broadened my research to include public spending and politics.
Member American Economic Association, Mount Pelerin Society.
Married Nancy Virginia Bradney, September 7, 1952. Children: Shira Malka, Talya Rose.
