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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asch, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer protection--Law and legislation--United States.

Consumer protection.

Consumer protection--Economic aspects--United States.

Consumer protection--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-43998-X

0-19-536420-1

1-60129-658-4

OCLC:

171570757