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Informational Regulation of Consumer Health Risks: An Empirical Evaluation of Hazard Warnings
(The RAND Journal of Economics, 1986)
On the basis of data from a survey of almost 400 consumers, this article assesses whether consumer behavior is responsive to information about product hazards that is provided in response to regulation. We find that the ...
Effectiveness of the EPA's Regulatory Enforcement: The Case of Industrial Effluent Standards
(Journal of Law and Economics, 1990)
The EPA water pollution regulations-the focus of this study represent an interesting departure from past patterns of regulatory failure. First, the nature of the regulations-discharge limits-relates directly to the policy ...
An Investigation of the Rationality of Consumer Valuations of Multiple Health Risks
(The RAND Journal of Economics, 2012)
After developing a conceptual analysis of consumer valuation of multiple risks, we explore
both economic and cognitive hypotheses regarding individual risk-taking. Using a sample
of over 1,500 consumers, our study ...
Smoking Status and Public Responses to Ambiguous Scientific Risk Evidence
(Southern Economic Journal, 1999)
Situations in which individuals receive information seldom involve scientific consensus over the level of the risk. When scientific experts disagree, people may process the information in an unpredictable manner. The ...