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Encyclopedia of Law & Economics – 5130 Product Safety and Quality Regulation

  • Alexander, Donald L. (1990), ‘An Empirical Investigation of Lawn Mower Safety Regulation’, 22 Applied Economics , 795-804.
  • Anderson, Gary M. (1990), ‘Parasites, Profits, and Politicians: Public Health and Public Choice’, 9 Cato Journal , 557-578.
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  • Arnould, Richard J. and Grabowski, Henry G. (1983), ‘Automobile Safety Regulation: A Review of the Evidence’, 5 Research in Law and Economics , 233-267.
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  • Asch, Peter (1986), ‘Automobile Safety: Is Government Regulation Really Our Savior?’, 3 Yale Journal on Regulation , 383-389.
  • Asch, Peter (1990), ‘Food Safety Regulation: Is the Delaney Clause the Problem or Symptom?’, 23(2) Policy Sciences , 97-110.
  • Ashford, Nicholas A. and Heaton, George R., Jr. (1983), ‘Regulation and Technological Innovation in the Chemical Industry’, 46(3) Law and Contemporary Problems , 109-157.
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  • Backhaus, JŸrgen G. (1983), ‘Competition, Innovation and Regulation in the Pharmaceutical Industry’, 4(2) Managerial and Decision Economics , 107-121.
  • Beales, J. Howard, III (1980), ‘The Economics of Regulating the Professions’, in Blair, Roger D. and Rubin, Stephen (eds.), Regulating the Professions: A Public-Policy Symposium , Lexington (MA), Lexington Books.
  • Blair, Roger D. and Kaserman, David L. (1980), ‘Preservation of Quality and Sanctions within the Professions’, in Blair, Roger D. and Rubin, Stephen (eds.), Regulating the Professions: A Public-Policy Symposium , Lexington (MA), Lexington Books.
  • Bockstael, Nancy E. (1987), ‘Economic Efficiency Issues of Grading and Minimum Quality Standards’, in Kilmer, Richard L. and Armbruster, Walter J. (E (eds.), Economic Efficiency in Agricultural and Food Marketing , Ames, Iowa State University Press, 231-250.
  • Burrows, Paul (1992), ‘Consumer Safety under Products Liability and Duty to Disclose’, 12 International Review of Law and Economics , 457-478.
  • Campbell, Rita Ricardo (1976), Food Safety Regulations: A Study of the Use and Li , Washington, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.
  • Claybrook, Joan and Bollier, David (1985), ‘The Hidden Benefits of Regulation: Disclosing the Auto Safety Payoff’, 3 Yale Journal on Regulation , 87-131.
  • Crain, W. Mark (1980), Vehicle Safety Inspection Systems – How Effective? , Washington, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.
  • Crandall, Robert W. (1986), ‘The Market for Housing Quality: Comments’, in Ippolito, Pauline M. and Scheffman, David T. (eds.), Empirical Approaches to Consumer Protection Econom , Washington, Federal Trade Commission, 103-104.
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  • Crandall, Robert W. and Graham, John D. (1989), ‘The Effect of Fuel Economy Standards on Automobile Safety’, 32 Journal of Law and Economics , 97-118.
  • Crandall, Robert W. and others (1986), Regulating the Automobile , Washington, Brookings Institution, 202 p.
  • Curran, Christopher and Dwyer, Gerald P., Jr. (1989), ‘The Effect of the Double Nickel Speed Limit on Death Rates’, in Faure, Michael and Van Den Bergh, Roger (eds.), Essays in Law and Economics. Corporations, Accident Prevention and Compensation for Losses , Antwerpen, Maklu, 117-156.
  • Dewees, Donald N. (ed.) (1983), The Regulation of Quality: Products, Services, Workplaces and the Environment , Toronto, Butterworths, 320 p.
  • Dewees, Donald N., Duff, David and Trebilcock, Michael J. (1996), Exploring the Domain of Accident Law: Taking the Facts Seriously , Oxford, Oxford University Press, 452 p.
  • Dickens, William T. (1986), ‘Safety Regulation and “Irrational” Behavior’, in Gilad, Benjamin and Kaish, Stanley (eds.), Handbook of Behavioral Economics. Volume A. Behavi , Greenwich (CT), JAI Press, 325-348.
  • Dillman, John Patrick (1991), ‘Prescription Drug Approval and Terminal Diseases: Desperate Times Require Desperate Measures’, 44 Vanderbilt Law Review , 925-951.
  • Donohue, John J. III (1989), ‘Using Market Incentives to Promote Auto Occupant Safety’, 7 Yale Law and Policy Review , 449-488.
  • Dranove, David (1989), ‘Medicaid Drug Formulary Restrictions’, 32 Journal of Law and Economics , 143-162.
  • Eckert, Ross D. (1986), ‘AIDS and the Blood Bankers’, 10(1) Regulation , 15-2454.
  • Evans, William N. and Graham, John D. (1990), ‘An Estimate of the Lifesaving Benefit of Child Restraint Use Legislation’, 9 Journal of Health Economics , 121-142.
  • Frech, H. Edward III (1982), ‘A Hard Pill to Swallow, review of Taking Your Medicine: Drug Regulation in the United States by Peter Temin’, 13(12) Reason , 51-52.
  • Fuchs, Victor R. and Leveson, Irving (1986), ‘Motor Accident Mortality and Compulsory Inspection of Vehicles’, in Fuchs, Victor R. (ed.), The Health Economy , Cambridge (MA), Harvard University Press, 169-180.
  • Garbacz, C. (1990), ‘Estimating Seat Belt Effectiveness with Seat Belt Usage Data from the Centers for Disease Control’, 34 Economic Letters , 83-88.
  • Garbacz, Christopher and Kelly, J. Gregory (1987), ‘Automobile Safety Inspection: New Econometric and Benefit/Cost Estimates’, 19 Applied Economics , 763-771.
  • Garcia Gallego, Aurora and Georgantzis, Nikolaos (1996), ‘Competition Intensity vs. Service Quality: On the Distribution of Para-Pharmaceutical Products in Spain’, in Martin, Stephen (ed.), Interaction of Member State and EU Competition Policy , Amsterdam, forthcoming.
  • Geistfeld, Mark (1995), ‘Manufacturer Moral Hazard and the Tort Contract Issue in Products Liability’, 15 International Review of Law and Economics , 241-257.
  • Gieringer, Dale H. (1985), ‘The Safety and Efficacy of New Drug Approval’, 5 Cato Journal , 177-201.
  • Golbe, Devra L. (1983), ‘Product Safety in a Regulated Industry: Evidence from the Railroads’, 21 Economic Inquiry , 39-52.
  • Goldberg, Victor P. (1974), ‘The Economics of Product Safety and Imperfect Information’, 5 Bell Journal of Economics , 683-688.
  • Grabowski, Henry G. (1976), Drug Regulation and Innovation: Empirical Evidence , Washington, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 82 p.
  • Grabowski, Henry G., Vernon, John M. and Thomas, Lacy Glenn (1978), ‘Estimating the Effects of Regulation on Innovation: An International Comparative Analysis of the Pharmaceutical Industry’, 21 Journal of Law and Economics , 133-163.
  • Graham, John D. (1984), ‘Technology, Behavior, and Safety: An Empirical Study of Automobile Occupant Protection Regulation’, 17 Policy Sciences , 141-151.
  • Graham, John D. and Garber, Steven (1984), ‘Evaluating the Effects of Automobile Safety Regulation’, 3 Journal of Policy Analysis and Management , 206-224.
  • Graham, John D. and Lee, Younghee (1986), ‘Behavioral Response to Safety Regulation: The Case of Motorcycle Helmet Wearing Legislation’, 19 Policy Sciences , 253-273.
  • Gregorsky, Frank (1985), ‘Oversteer: Twenty Years of Federal Auto Policy’, 9(6) Regulation , 35-41.
  • Hartley, K. and Maynard, Alan (1982), The Costs and Benefits of Regulating New Product Development in the UK Pharmaceutical Industry , London, Office of Health Economics.
  • Harvey, A.C. and Durbin, J. (1986), ‘The Effects of Seat Belt Legislation on British Road Casualties: A Case Study in Structural Time Series Modelling’, 149 Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Series A , 187-210.
  • Heinrichs, Dirk (1986), ‘Chemical Substances Regulation and the Propensity to Innovate in West Germany’, in Van Den Bergh, Roger (ed.), Verslagboek Eerste Werkvergadering Recht en Economie , Antwerpen, Leerstoel A. Van Melkebeke, Handelshogeschool, 50-66.
  • Hoffer, George E., Pruitt, Stephen W. and Reilly, Robert J. (1988), ‘The Impact of Product Recalls on the Wealth of Sellers: A Reexamination’, 96 Journal of Political Economy , 663-670.
  • Ippolito, Richard A. and Masson, Robert T. (1978), ‘The Social Cost of Government Regulation of Milk’, 21 Journal of Law and Economics , 33-65.
  • Irwin, Alan (1987), ‘Technical Expertise and Risk Conflict: An Institutional Study of the British Compulsory Seat Belt Debate’, 20 Policy Sciences , 339-364.
  • Jaffe, Austin J. and Corgel, John B. (1984), ‘Alternative Forms of Quality Regulation in the Market for Appraisal Services’, 50 Real Estate Appraiser and Analyst , 27-32.
  • Jarrell, Gregg A. and Peltzman, Sam (1985), ‘The Impact of Product Recalls on the Wealth of Sellers’, 93 Journal of Political Economy , 512-536. Reprinted in Ippolito, Pauline M. and Scheffman, David T. (eds.), Empirical Approaches to Consumer Protection Economics, Washington (DC), Federal Trade Commission, 377-409.
  • Keenan, Donald C. and Rubin, Paul H. (1988), ‘Shadow Interest Groups and Safety Regulation’, 8 International Review of Law and Economics , 21-36.
  • Kessel, Reuben A. (1967), ‘Economic Effects of Federal Regulation of Milk Markets’, 10 Journal of Law and Economics , 51-78.
  • Kitch, Edmund W. (1973), ‘The Patent System and the New Drug Application: An Evaluation of the Incentives for Private Investment in New Drug Research and Marketing’, in Landau (ed.), Regulating New Drugs , University of Chicago Center for Policy Study.
  • Kitch, Edmund W. (1980), ‘The Political Economy of Innovation in Drugs and Drug Regulation Reform’, in Helms, Robert B. (ed.), The International Supply of Medicines: Implications of U.S. Regulatory Reform , Washington, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.
  • Kitch, Edmund W., Isaacson, Marc and Kasper, Daniel (1972), ‘The Regulation of Taxicabs in Chicago’, 14 Journal of Law and Economics , 285-350. Reprinted in Brookings Institute Reprint No. 255, 1972.
  • Kluger, Brian D. (1989), ‘Implications of Quality Standard Regulation for Multiproduct Monopoly Pricing’, 10 Managerial and Decision Economics , 61-67.
  • Kramer, Carol S. (1990), ‘Food Safety: The Consumer Side of the Environmental Issue’, 22 Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics , 33-40.
  • Krier, James E. (1990), ‘Risk and Design’, 19 Journal of Legal Studies , 781-790.
  • Krupnick, Alan J. (1988), ‘Reducing Bay Nutrients: An Economic Perspective’, 47 Maryland Law Review , 452 ff.
  • Kwerel, Evan (1980), ‘Economic Welfare and the Production of Information by a Monopolist: The Case of Drug Testing’, 11 Bell Journal of Economics , 505 ff.
  • Lewit, Eugene M., Coate, Douglas and Grossman, Michael (1981), ‘The Effects of Government Regulation on Teenage Smoking’, 24 Journal of Law and Economics , 545-569.
  • Linneman, Peter (1980), ‘The Effects of Consumer Safety Stand ards: The 1973 Mattress Flammability Standard’, 23 Journal of Law and Economics , 461-479.
  • Loeb, Peter D. (1985), ‘The Efficacy and Cost Effectiveness of Motor Vehicle Inspection Using Cross Sectional Data An Econometric Analysis’, 52 Southern Economic Journal , 500-509.
  • Loeb, Peter D. (1987), ‘The Determinants of Automobile Fatali ties, with Special Consideration to Policy Variables’, 21 Journal of Transport Economics and Policy , 279-287.
  • Marcus, Alfred and Bromiley, Philip (1988), ‘The Rationale for Regulation: Shareholder Losses under Various Assumptions about Managerial Cognition’, 4 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization , 357-372.
  • Marino, Anthony M. (1988), ‘Monopoly, Liability and Regulation’, 54 Southern Economic Journal , 913-927.
  • Mashaw, Jerry L. and Harfst, David L. (1987), ‘Regulation and Legal Culture: The Case of Motor Vehicle Safety’, 4 Yale Journal on Regulation , 257-316.
  • Mashaw, Jerry L. and Harfst, David L. (1990), The Struggle for Auto Safety , Cambridge (MA), Harvard University Press, 285 p.
  • Mayer, Robert N. and Zick, Cathleen D. (1986), ‘Mandating Behavioral or Technological Change: The Case of Auto Safety’, 20 Journal of Consumer Affairs , 1-18.
  • McCarthy, Patrick S. (1990), ‘Consumer Demand for Vehicle Safety: An Empirical Study’, 28 Economic Inquiry , 530-543.
  • McKay, Niccie L. (1986), ‘Industry Effects of Medical Device Regulation: The Case of Diagnostic Imaging Equipment’, 6 Journal of Policy Analysis and Management , 35-44.
  • Metzger, Michael R. (1983), ‘Cherries, Lemons, and the FTC: Minimum Quality Standards in the Retail Used Automobile Industry’, 21 Economic Inquiry , 129-139.
  • Metzger, Michael R. (1984), ‘Corporate Criminal Liability for Defective Products: Policies, Problems, and Prospects’, 73 Georgetown Law Journal , 1-88.
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  • Morrall, John F. III (1986), ‘A Review of the Record’, 10(2) Regulation , 25-34.
  • Nichols, Albert L. and Zeckhauser, Richard J. (1986), ‘The Perils of Prudence: How Conservative Risk Assessments Distort Regulation’, 10(2) Regulation , 13-24.
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