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MAP20070011147

Informational approaches to regulation / Wesley A. Magat and W. Kip Viscusi. — Cambridge [etc.] : The MIT Press, cop. 1992

XVII, 274 p. ; 24 cm . — (Regulation of economic activity ; 19)

Sumario: Introduction -- Methodology for the consumer surveys -- Risk valuation and the rationality of consumer behavior -- Altruistic and private components of risk valuation -- Consumer responses to risk information -- Effects of the format of labels on consumer responses to labels -- The correspondence between actual and experimental behavior -- Home energy audits -- Predicting the effects of food cancer risk warnings on consumers -- Implications for information provision policies -- Appendixes

ISBN 0-262-13277-X

1. Seguridad de productos . 2. Defensa del consumidor . 3. Estados Unidos . I. Viscusi, W. Kip . II. Regulation of economic activity ; 19 . III. Title.

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