Informational approaches to regulation /

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Author / Creator:Magat, Wesley A.
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1992.
Description:xvii, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Regulation of economic activity 19
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1293658
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Other authors / contributors:Viscusi, W. Kip
ISBN:026213277X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-270) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • I. Hazardous Chemical Product Labeling: Methodology. 2. Methodology for the Consumer Surveys
  • II. Hazardous Chemical Product Labeling: Risk Valuation. 3. Risk Valuations and the Rationality of Consumer Behavior / Wesley A. Magat, W. Kip Viscusi and Joel Huber. 4. Altruistic and Private Components of Risk Valuation / Wesley A. Magat, W. Kip Viscusi and Anne Forrest
  • III. Hazardous Chemical Product Labeling: Cognitive Processes and Behavior. 5. Consumer Responses to Risk Information / Wesley A. Magat, W. Kip Viscusi and Joel Huber. 6. Effects of the Format of Labels on Consumer Responses to Labels / Wesley A. Magat, W. Kip Viscusi and Joel Huber. 7. The Correspondence between Actual and Experimental Behavior
  • IV. Two Studies of Other Applications of Information Regulation. 8. Home Energy Audits / Wesley A. Magat, W. Kip Viscusi, Peter F. Brucato, Jr. and John W. Payne. 9. Predicting the Effects of Food Cancer Risk Warnings on Consumers. 10. Implications for Information Provision Policies. App. A Toilet Bowl Cleaner/No Children Mall Questionnaire
  • App. B Insect Spray/No Children Mall Questionnaire
  • App. C Narrative Description of Mall Intercept Questionnaire
  • App. D Telephone Questionnaire
  • App. E Toilet Bowl Cleaner Cards Used with Mall Questionnaire
  • App. F Insect Spray Cards Used with Mall Questionnaire
  • App. G Determinants of Risk Avoidance Values
  • App. H Multivariate Results
  • App. I House Description and Home Energy Analysis Input Sheet
  • App. J Five Formats of the Home Energy Analysis Reports
  • App. K Audit Protocol for the Five Formats
  • App. L Two Questionnaires.