Consumer Safety Regulation

Putting a Price on Life and Limb

By: Peter Asch

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Hardcover | 1 June 1997

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Advocates of consumer safety regulation, an active and controversial area of public policy in the United States, contend that markets do not adequately protect the interests of vulnerable consumers; market traditionalists respond that public agencies increasingly make risk/safety decisions that individual citizens ought to be making for themselves. This book, written by an economist, critically assesses the rationales for, and the effects of, our major consumer safety programs. Addressed to a general audience, and incorporating relevant literature on cognitive psychology as well as economics, the author argues that although legitimate reasons for public protection of consumers exist in some markets, the particular programs we adopt often produce results that fall far short of what their advocates desire, and at least occasionally yield perverse outcomes.

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'the book is interesting, informative and well written ... It provides a balanced perspective on the pros and cons of safety regulation.' Rachel Dardis, College Park, MD, Journal of Consumer Policy

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Preface	p. vii
Introduction and Background	p. 1
Consumer Safety: The Basic Issues	p. 3
Notes	p. 13
The Institutional Setting: An Overview of Consumer Safety Policies in the United States and Great Britain	p. 15
Notes	p. 28
Why Public Protection?	p. 31
Why Public Protection: Traditional Economic Arguments	p. 33
Notes	p. 59
Why Public Protection: Nontraditional and Noneconomic"""" Arguments""""	p. 63
Notes	p. 84
The Analytics of Misperception	p. 88
Notes	p. 100
Regulatory Policies	p. 101
Policy Formulation in the Major Regulatory Agencies	p. 103
Notes	p. 114
Policy Evaluations: The Evidence	p. 116
Conclusion	p. 141
Notes	p. 142
Consumer Safety Regulation and Consumer Welfare	p. 147
Bibliography	p. 151
Index of Cases	p. 167
Index	p. 169
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