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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827097603321

Autore

Asch Peter

Titolo

Consumer safety regulation : putting a price on life and limb / / Peter Asch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1988

©1988

ISBN

1-280-43998-X

0-19-536420-1

1-60129-658-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

343.73/071

Soggetti

Consumer protection - Law and legislation - United States

Consumer protection - Economic aspects - United States

Consumer protection - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Consumer Safety: The Basic Issues; 2. The Institutional Setting: An Overview of Consumer Safety Policies in the United States and Great Britain; 3. Why Public Protection: Traditional Economic Arguments; 4. Why Public Protection: Nontraditional and ""Noneconomic"" Arguments; 5. The Analytics of Misperception; 6. Policy Formulation in the Major Regulatory Agencies; 7. Policy Evaluations: The Evidence; 8. Consumer Safety Regulation and Consumer Welfare; Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

An examination of the current debate in the US between those who argue that unregulated private markets will impose unacceptable risks on the public, and those who argue that government safety regulations infringe freedom.