TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - The effect of product safety regulation on safety precautions
JO  - Risk analysis
A1  - Viscusi, W. Kip
A1  - Cavallo, G. O.
SP  - 917
EP  - 930
VL  - 14
IS  - 6
N2  - 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0272-4332
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -