Comments on: Incentives Matter, Football Helmet Edition

By: Back to Some Economic Basics: Football vs. Rugby | Austrian Economics Blog

Back to Some Economic Basics: Football vs. Rugby | Austrian Economics Blog — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:30:16 +0000

[...] Peter Klein now reports the incentives do indeed matter in all walks of life and football is no exception. He doesn't discuss the comparison, so I think an energetic and enterprising graduate student can pursue the football v rugby study if they wanted. Follow the links Peter provides for some other entertaining examples. [...]

By: Gynnas fotgängarna av ny airbag? « Nonicoclolasos

Gynnas fotgängarna av ny airbag? « Nonicoclolasos — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:40:38 +0000

[...] Se även Peter Kleins inlägg ”Incentives Matter, Football Helmet Edition”. [...]

By: Cliff Grammich

Cliff Grammich — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:42:57 +0000

I also recall research (summarized at http://bit.ly/b8Wtn) that motorists give less room to bicyclists wearing helmets–bicyclists who may therefore be in more danger than bicyclists without helmets. (Nevertheless, the missus still insists I wear one, apparently unconvinced by the research or even the thickness of my skull.)

By: Peter Klein

Peter Klein — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:32:25 +0000

Indeed, yes, I should have mentioned that.

By: Cliff Grammich

Cliff Grammich — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:31:42 +0000

Isn’t there some similar evidence regarding boxing gloves, that is, that boxing without gloves is less likely to lead to brain injury (if possibly more broken hands) than boxing with them?