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
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
Does anyone know if SUV owners drive more recklessly than they would if they had a
smaller and/or lighter vehichle and if this causes more accidents in the way that
Peltzman found that seatbelts caused more accidents?
Cyril Morong
