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Encyclopedia of Law & Economics – 5540 Occupational Safety and Health Regulation

  • Ison, Terence B. (1986) (1986) (1986) (1986) (1986) (1986) (1986) (1986), ‘The Significance of Experience Rating’, 24 Osgoode Hall Law Journal , 723-742.
  • Aldrich, Mark (1988), ‘OSHA Fines and the Value of Saving a Life’, 7 Journal of Policy Analysis and Management , 356-362.
  • Barcow, Lawrence S. (1980), ‘Bargaining for Job Safety and Health’, .
  • Bartel, Ann P. and Thomas, Lacy Glenn (1985), ‘Direct and Indirect Effects of Regulation: A New Look at OSHA’s Impact’, 28 Journal of Law and Economics , 1-25.
  • Bartel, Ann P. and Thomas, Lacy Glenn (1987), ‘Predation through Regulation: The Wage and Profit Effects of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency’, 30 Journal of Law and Economics , 239-264.
  • Barth, Peter S. (1984), ‘A Proposal for Dealing with the Compensation of Occupational Diseases’, 13 Journal of Legal Studies , 569-586.
  • Bartrip, P.W.J. and Fenn, Paul T. (1988), ‘Factory Fatalities and Regulation in Britain, 1878-1913’, 25 Explorations in Economic History , 60-74.
  • Boden, Leslie I. (1995), ‘Workers’ Compensation in the United States: High Costs, Low Benefits’, 16 Annual Review Public Health , 208-218.
  • Boden, Leslie I. and Jones, Carl Adaire (1987), ‘Occupational Disease Remedies: The Asbestos Experience’, in Bailey, Elizabeth E. (ed.), Public Regulation: New Perspectives on Institutions and Policies. MIT Press Series on the Regulation of Economic Activity, no. 14 , Cambridge (MA), MIT Press, 321-346.
  • Burton, Jr., John F., and (1993), ‘Workers’ Compensation Costs, 1960-1992: The Increases, the Causes and the Consequences’, Mar/Apr John Burton’s Workers’ Compensation Monitor , 1-23.
  • Butler, Richard J. (1983), ‘Wage and Injury Rate Response to Shifting Levels of Workers’ Compensation’, in Worrall, John D. (ed.), Safety and The Workforce , Ithaca, ILR Press, 61-86.
  • Butler, Richard J. and Worrall, John D. (1991), ‘Claims Reporting and Risk Bearing Moral Hazard in Workers’ Compensation’, 63 Journal of Risk and Insurance , 191-204.
  • Butler, Richard J., Durbin, David L. and Helvacian, Nurhan M. (1996), ‘Increasing Claims For Soft Tissue Injuries in Workers’ Compensation: Cost Shifting and Moral Hazard’, 13 Journal of Risk and Uncertainty , 73-87.
  • Carle, Susan D. (1988), ‘A Hazardous Mix: Discretion to Disclose and Incentives to Suppress Under OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard’, 97 Yale Law Journal , 581-601.
  • Carmichael, H. Lorne (1986), ‘Reputations for Safety: Market Performance and Policy Remedies’, 4 Journal of Labor Economics , 458-472.
  • Chelius, James R. (1974), ‘The Control of Industrial Accidents: Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence’, 38(4) Law and Contemporary Problems , 700-729.
  • Chelius, James R. (1976), ‘Liability for Industrial Accidents: A Comparison of Negligence and Strict Liability Systems’, 5 Journal of Legal Studies , 293-309.
  • Chelius, James R. and Smith, Robert S. (1983), ‘Experience-Rating and Injury Prevention’, in Worrall, John D. (ed.), Safety and The Workforce , Ithaca, ILR Press, 128-137.
  • Cooke, William N. and Gautschi, Frederick H. (1981), ‘OSHA, Plant Safety Programs, and Injury Reduction’, 20 Industrial Relations , 245-257.
  • Cooke, William N. and Smith, Robert S. (1993), ‘The Impact of Experience-Rating on Employer Behavior: The Case of Washington State’, in Durbin, David and Borba, Philip S. (eds.), Workers’ Compensation Insurance: Claims Costs, Prices, and Regulation , Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 293-306.
  • Curington, William P. (1986), ‘Safety Regulation and Workplace Injuries’, 53 Southern Economic Journal , 51-72.
  • Darling-hammon, Linda and Kniesner, Thomas J. (1980), The Law and Economics of Workers’ Compensation , Santa Monica, Rand Institute for Civil Justice, 86 p.
  • Dau-Schmidt, Kenneth G. (1993), ‘Meeting the Demands of Workers Into the Twenty-First Century: The Future of Labor and Employment Law’, 68 Indiana Law Journal , 685 ff.
  • Dewees, Donald N. (1986), Controlling Asbestos in Buildings: An Economic Investigation , Washington, Resources for the Future, 106 p.
  • Dewees, Donald N. (1986), ‘Economic Incentives for Controlling Industrial Disease: The Asbestos Case’, 15 Journal of Legal Studies , 289-319.
  • Dewees, Donald N. (1988), ‘Paying for Asbestos-Related Diseases under Workers’ Compensation’, in Burton, John F. (ed.), New Perspectives in Workers’ Compensation , ILR Press, Cornell University, Ithaca, 45-70.
  • Dewees, Donald N. (ed.) (1983), The Regulation of Quality: Products, Services, Workplaces and the Environment , Toronto, Butterworths, 320 p.
  • Dewees, Donald N. and Daniels, Ronald J. (1986), ‘The Cost of Protecting Occupational Health: The Asbestos Case’, 21(3) Journal of Human Resources , 181-196.
  • Dewees, Donald N. and Daniels, Ronald J. (1988), ‘Prevention and Compensation of Industrial Disease’, 8 International Review of Law and Economics , 51-72.
  • Dickens, William T. (1984), ‘Differences between Risk Premiums in Union and Nonunion Wages and the Case for Occupational Safety Regulation’, 74 American Economic Review. Papers and Proceedings , 320-323.
  • Dickens, William T. (1984), ‘Occupational Safety and Health Regulation and Economic Theory’, in Darity, William, Jr. (ed.), Labor Economics: Modern Views , Boston, Kluwer-Nijhoff, 133-173.
  • Donohue, John J. III (1986), A Comparison of Male-Female Hazard Rates of Young Workers, 1968-1971 , Working Paper, Center for Studies in Law, Economics, and Public Policy, Yale Law School, No. 48.
  • Donohue, John J. III (1986), Hazard Rates of Young Male and Female Workers – Recent Developments , Working Paper, Center for Studies in Law, Economics, and Public Policy, Yale Law School, No. 51.
  • Donohue, John J. III (1989), ‘Using Market Incentives to Promote Auto Occupant Safety’, 7 Yale Law and Policy Review , 449-488.
  • Dorman, Peter and (1996), Markets and Morality: Economics, Dangerous Work, and The Value of Human Life , Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 274 p.
  • Elder, Harold W. (1987), ‘An Economic Analysis of Factor Usage and Workplace Regulation: Reply’, 53 Southern Economic Journal , 790 ff.
  • Feinstein, Jonathan S. (1989), ‘The Safety Regulation of U.S. Nuclear Power Plants: Violations, Inspections, and Abnormal Occurrences’, 97 Journal of Political Economy , 115-154.
  • Fishback, Price V. (1986), ‘Workplace Safety during the Progressive Era: Fatal Accidents in Bituminous Coal Mining, 1912-1923’, 23 Explorations in Economic History , 269-298.
  • Fishback, Price V. (1987), ‘Liability Rules and Accident Prevention in the Workplace: Empirical Evidence from the Early Twentieth Century’, 16 Journal of Legal Studies , 305-328.
  • French, Michael Thomas (1988), ‘An Efficiency Test for Occupational Safety Regulation’, 54 Southern Economic Journal , 675-693.
  • Fry, Clifford L. and Lee, Insup (1989), ‘OSHA Sanctions and the Value of the Firm’, 24 Financial Review , 599-610.
  • Fuess, Scott M., Jr. and Loewenstein, Mark A. (1990), ‘Further Analysis of the Theory of Economic Regulation: The Case of the 1969 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act’, 28 Economic Inquiry , 354-389.
  • Gray, Wayne B. (1987), ‘The Cost of Regulation: OSHA, EPA and the Productivity Slowdown’, 77 American Economic Review , 998-1006.
  • Gray, Wayne B. and Jones, Carolyn Adaire (1991), ‘Are OSHA Health Inspections Effective?: A Longitudinal Study in the Manufacturing Sector’, 73 Review of Economics and Statistics , 504-508.
  • Gray, Wayne B. and Jones, Carolyn Adaire (1991), ‘Longitudinal Patterns of Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration Health and Safety Regulations in the Manufacturing Sector’, 26 Journal of Human Resources , 623-654.
  • Gray, Wayne B. and Scholz, John T. (1993), ‘Does Regulatory Enforcement Work: A Panel Analysis of OSHA Enforcement’, 27 Law and Society Review , 177-213.
  • Hersch, Philip L. and Netter, Jeffrey M. (1990), ‘The Impact of Early Safety Legislation: The Case of the Safety Appliance Act of 1893’, 10 International Review of Law and Economics , 61-75.
  • Hrezo, Margaret S. and Hrezo, William E. (1984), ‘Judicial Regulation of the Environment under Posner’s Economic Model of the Law’, 18 Journal of Economic Issues , 1071-1091.
  • Hughes, John S., Magat, Wesley A. and Ricks, William E. (1986), ‘The Economic Consequences of the OSHA Cotton Dust Standards: An Analysis of Stock Price Behavior’, 29 Journal of Law and Economics , 29-59.
  • Kahn, Shulamit (1987), ‘Occupational Safety and Workers Preferences: Is There a Marginal Worker?’, 69 Review of Economics and Statistics , 262-268.
  • Kelman, Steven (1981), Regulating America, Regulating Sweden: A Comparative Study of Occupational Safety and Health Policy , Cambridge, MIT Press, 270 p.
  • Kniesner, Thomas J. and Leeth, John M. (1989), ‘Separating the Reporting Effects from the Injury Rate Effects of Workers Compensation Insurance: A Hedonic Simulation’, 42 Industrial and Legal Relations Review , 280-293.
  • Lanoie, Paul (1992), ‘The Impact of Occupational Safety and Health Regulation on the Risk of Workplace Accidents: Quebec, 1983-87’, 27 Journal of Human Resources , 642-660.
  • Lanoie, Paul (1992), ‘Safety Regulation and the Risk of Workplace Accidents in Quebec’, 58 Southern Economic Journal , 950-965.
  • Lave, L.B. (1983), ‘Viscusi’s Risk by Choice: Regulating Health and Safety in the Workplace’, 14 Bell Journal of Economics , 607-610.
  • Leigh, J. Paul (1991), ‘No Evidence of Compensating Wages for Occupational Fatalities’, 30 Industrial Relations , 382-395.
  • Litan, Robert E. and Nordhaus, William D. (1986), ‘Regulatory Reform and OSHA Policy: Comments’, 5 Journal of Policy Analysis and Management , 467-481.
  • Lofgren, Don (1989), Dangerous Premises: An Insider’s View of OSHA Enforcement , Ithaca, ILR Press, 244 p.
  • Lyttkens, C.H. (1988), ‘Workers’ Compensation and Employees’ Safety Incentives in Sweden’, 8 International Review of Law and Economics , 181-185.
  • Marvel, Howard P. (1977), ‘Factory Regulation: A Reinterpretation of Early English Experience’, 20 Journal of Law and Economics , 379-402.
  • McCaffrey, David P. (1983), ‘An Assessment of OSHA’s Recent Effects on Injury Rates’, 18 Journal of Human Resources , 131-146.
  • McGarity, Thomas O. and Shapiro, Sidney A. (1993), Workers At Risk: The Failed Promise of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration , Wesport, Conn., Praeger, 362 p.
  • McGarity, Thomas O. and Shapiro, Sidney A. (1996), ‘OSHA’s Critics and Regulatory Reform’, 31 Wake Forest Law Review , 587-646.
  • McGovern, Francis E. (1989), ‘Resolving Mature Mass Tort Litigation’, 69 Boston University Law Review , 659-694.
  • Mendeloff, John M. (1980), An Economic and Political Analysis of Occupational Safety and Health , Cambridge, MIT Press, 219 p.
  • Mendeloff, John M. (1988), The Dilemma of Toxic Substance Regulation: How Overregulation Causes Underregulation at OSHA , Cambridge (MA), MIT Press, 321 p.
  • Miller, James C., III (1984), ‘Is Organized Labor Rational in Supporting OSHA?’, 50 Southern Economic Journal , 881-885.
  • Moore, Michael J. and Viscusi, W. Kip (1990), Compensation Mechanisms For Job Risks: Wages, Workers’ Compensation, and Product Liability , Princeton, Princeton University Press, 188 p.
  • Moore, Michael J. and Viscusi, W. Kip (1989), ‘Promoting Safety Through Workers’ Compensation: The Efficacy and Net Wage Costs of Injury Insurance’, 20 Rand Journal of Economics , 499-515.
  • Morgenstern, Felice (1982), ‘Some Reflections on Legal Liability as a Factor in the Promotion of Occupational Safety and Health’, 121 International Labour Review , 387-398.
  • Morrall, John F. III (1979), ‘Exposure to Occupational Noise’, in Miller, James C., III and Yandle, Bruce (eds.), Benefit-Cost Analysis of Social Regulation , Washington, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 33-35.
  • Nelson, Jon P. and Neumann, George P. (1982), ‘Comment (on Beck and Alford: [Can Government Regulate Safety? the Coal Mine Example])’, 76 American Political Science Review , 876-877.
  • Neumann, George R. and Nelson, Jon P. (1982), ‘Safety Regulation and Firm Size: Effects of the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969’, 25 Journal of Law and Economics , 183-199.
  • Nichols, Albert, L. and Zeckhauser, Richard (1977), ‘Government Comes to the Workplace: An Assessment of OSHA’, 49 Public Interest , 39-69.
  • Oi, Walter Y. (1974), ‘On the Economics of Industrial Safety’, 38(4) Law and Contemporary Problems , 669-699.
  • Olson, Dennis O. and Shieh, Yeung Nan (1987), ‘An Economic Analysis of Factor Usage and Workplace Regulation: Comment’, 53 Southern Economic Journal , 786-789.
  • Phillips, J. (1976), ‘Economic Deterrence and the Prevention of Industrial Accidents’, 5 Industrial Law Journal , 148-163.
  • Phillips, Jerry J. (1988), ‘An Evaluation of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act’, 25 San Diego Law Review , 49-62.
  • Prasad, Ravi (1995), ‘The Analysis and Regulation of Safety Risk’, Office of Regulation Review .
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  • Rea, Samuel A., Jr. (1981), ‘Workmen’s Compensation and Occupational Safety Under Imperfect Information’, 71 American Economic Review , 80-93.
  • Rea, Samuel A., Jr. (1983), ‘Regulation of Occupational Health and Safety’, in Dewees, D.N. (ed.), Quality Regulation , Toronto, Butterworths, 109-140.
  • Roberts, Barry S. and Kossek, Regina (1981), ‘Implementation of Economic Impact Analysis: The Lessons of OSHA’, 83 West Virginia Law Review , 449-470.
  • Robertson, Leon S. and Keeve, A. Phillip (1983), ‘Worker Injuries: The Effects of Workers’ Compensation and OSHA Inspections’, 8 Journal of Health, Politics, and Law , 581-597.
  • Robinson, James C. (1991), Toil and Toxics: Workplace Struggles and Political Strategies for Occupational Health , Berkeley, University of California Press, 226 p.
  • Rosenberg, David (1989), ‘Comment: of End Games and Openings in Mass Tort Cases: Lessons from a Special Master’, 69 Boston University Law Review , 695-730.
  • Rubin, Jeffrey (1984), ‘Economic Incentives and Safety Regulation: An Analytical Framework: Comments’, 28(1) American Economist , 25-26.
  • Ruser, John W. (1985), ‘Workers’ Compensation, Experience-Rating, and Occupational Injuries’, 16 Rand Journal of Economics , 498-503.
  • Ruser, John W. (1991), ‘Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Injuries and Illnesses’, 9 Journal of Labor Economics , 325-351.
  • Ruser, John W. (1993), ‘Workers’ Compensation and the Distribution of Occupational Injuries’, 28 Journal of Human Resources , 593-618.
  • Ruser, John W. and Smith, Robert S. (1988), ‘The Effect of OSHA Records-Check Inspections on Reported Occupational Injuries in Manufacturing Establishments’, 1 Journal of Risk and Uncertainty , 415-435.
  • Ruser, John W. and Smith, Robert S. (1991), ‘Reestimating OSHA’s Effects: Have the Data Changed?’, 26 Journal of Human Resources , 212-236.
  • Scholz, John T. and Gray, Wayne B. (1990), ‘OSHA Enforcement and Workplace Injuries: A Behavioral Approach to Risk Assessment’, 3 Journal of Risk and Uncertainty , 283-305.
  • Schroeder, Elinor P. and Shapiro, Sidney A. (1984), ‘Responses to Occupational Disease: The Role of Markets, Regulation, and Information’, 72 Georgetown Law Journal , 1231-1309.
  • Shapiro, Sidney A. and McGarity, Thomas O. (1989), ‘Reorienting OSHA: Regulatory Alternatives and Legislative Reform’, 6 Yale Journal on Regulation , 1-63.
  • Shapiro, Sidney A. and McGarity, Thomas O. (1991), ‘Not So Paradoxical: The Rationale For Technology-Based Regulation’, 1991 Duke Law Journal , 729-752.
  • Sider, Hal (1984), ‘Economic Incentives and Safety Regulation: An Analytical Framework’, 28(1) American Economist , 18-24.
  • Smith, Robert S. (1974), ‘The Feasibility of an “Injury Tax” Approach to Occupational Safety’, 38(4) Law and Contemporary Problems , 730-744.
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  • Viscusi, W. Kip (1989), ‘The Interaction between Product Liability and Workers’ Compensation as Ex Post Remedies for Workplace Injuries’, 5 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization , 185-210.
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