A Reader's Reaction to:
If Voters Won't Go for Taxing Oil to Conserve Energy, How Do We Do It? by Aaron S. Edlin.

Summary

Patrick Butler argues that Aaron Edlin's case for converting auto insurance to cents-per-odometer-mile prices would be made more compelling if he developed Vickrey's further assessment that current insurance pricing limits car ownership, particularly among the poor.

Recommended Citation

Butler, Patrick (2006) "Letter: Current Insurance Pricing Unduly Limits Car Ownership," The Economists' Voice: Vol. 3 : Iss. 9, Article 4.
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol3/iss9/art4