Blomquist, Glenn

Blomquist, Glenn. 1979. Value of Life Saving Implications of Consumption Activity. Journal of Political Economy. June 540-58. 

For a review of recent estimates of values of risk reduction see Glenn Blomquist Estimating the Value of Life and Safety Recent Developments in M. W. Jones-Lee, ed., The Value of Life and Safety (New York North Holland, 1982). 

See Glenn C. Blomquist Motorist Use of Safety Equipment. A paper presented at the American Economic Association meeting held in Chicago, Illinois on December 28-30,1987. 

The study differs from descriptive studies in that the model guides the choice of variables and m that the multivariate analysis isolates the effect of each factor holding other factors constant. See Glenn Blomquist Economics of Safety and Seat Belt Use Journal of Safety Research 9 (December 1977) 179-189. 

For a presentation with a slightly different emphasis than found in this approach, see Glenn Blomquist A Utility Maximization Model of Driver Traffic Safety Behavior. Acci[Pg.52]

According to demand theory the partial effect of an increase in the price of gasoline is to lower the quantity consumed. For one estimate of this relationship see Glenn Blomquist The 55 MPH Speed Limit and Gasoline Consumption Resources and Energy 6 (March 1984) 21-39. 

The estimate is based on my study, Glenn Blomquist Value of Life Saving Implications of Consumption Activity. Journal of Political Economy 87 (June IW) 540-558. Clifford Winston also finds substantial implicit user cost for seat belt use using a different estimation technique and different data. See Clifford Winston and Associates Blind Intersection Policy and the Automobile Industry (Washington, D.C. The Brookings Institution, 1987.) Chapter 5. For further discussion of implicit user costs see Glenn Blomquist and Sam Peltzman. Passive Restraints An Economist s View, in Robert W. 

The regulation of motor vehicle and traffic safety / Glenn C. Blomquist. p. cm. 

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