Don't see why they wouldn't. I mean, they're proven to lower death/injury
rates resulting from collisions. Economic theory would have to say yes.
But no, I haven't seen a formal study on this. If you think of a way to go
about it let me know.
-Bill
William M. Butterfield
Analyst
MultiState
Thanks for the accurate data. Elsewhere, I have read that the pre-war baby
bust began in the mid-1920's--before the great depression--and so could not
have been entirely a result of the difficult times of the '30's. If it
isn't too much trouble, can you either confirm or disconfirm this
the best piece I have seen on these issues is in Regulation. Here
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv24n1/coate.pdf
Alex
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Alexander Tabarrok
Department of Economics, MSN 1D3
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA, 22030
Tel. 703-993-2314
Web Page: http://mason.gmu.edu/~atabarro/
and
In a message dated 1/30/03 8:30:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Thanks for the accurate data. Elsewhere, I have read that the pre-war
baby
bust began in the mid-1920's--before the great depression--and so could
not
have been entirely a result of the difficult times of the '30's. If it
I believe this is topical; it was sparked by the pronoucement of the
grading policy for an economics course by an economics professor on
this list. He said that if one gives better grades to those who do well
in the end of the semester, one simply discriminates against those who
work hard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I hope the particular economics course, industrial organization, is
of the second type. If so, trend grading would be worthwhile. By trend
grading I mean weighting assignments late in the semester heavier
or bumping up grades if students are improving. Furthermore,
I'm teaching a course on the sociology of science and we read Kuhn's
structure of scientific revolutions. FYI, Kuhn says that science is
characterized by paradigms - most science works from basic assumptions
justified by model achievements. Scientific change occurs when anamolies
- observations
Assymetric information? Lemon car markets whatnot?
(Signalling models?) How fundamental is fundamental?
There is a game theory text that assumes a certain
amount of irrational behavior to obtain its results.
I can search the closet if you want.
Sorry I'm not more helpful,
jsh
--- fabio
