@article{ref1,
title="The effect of product safety regulation on safety precautions",
journal="Risk analysis",
year="1994",
author="Viscusi, W. Kip and Cavallo, G. O.",
volume="14",
number="6",
pages="917-930",
abstract="This paper explores the means by which lighter safety regulations alter the precautionary behavior of 200 subjects in a field test of cigarette lighters with a child-resistant feature. The new lighter design leads respondents to believe the lighters are safer, but there is no clear-cut evidence that the effect on perceived risk levels is excessive. Using the estimated relationship between cigarette lighter risk perceptions and a variety of measures of precautions, this paper provides explicit estimates of the effect of regulations on precautionary behavior and on lighter safety. On balance, the child-resistant feature will reduce fire-related injuries by much more than any diminished precaution taking.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0272-4332",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}