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Health and Safety Regulation

In: American Economic Policy in the 1980s

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  • W. Kip Viscusi
  • Christopher DeMuth
  • James Burnley

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  • W. Kip Viscusi & Christopher DeMuth & James Burnley, 1994. "Health and Safety Regulation," NBER Chapters, in: American Economic Policy in the 1980s, pages 453-518, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. Schultze, Charles L, 1982. "The Role and Responsibilities of the Economist in Government," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 72(2), pages 62-66, May.
    2. Ruser, John W & Smith, Robert S, 1988. "The Effect of OSHA Records-Check Inspections on Reported Occupational Injuries in Manufacturing Establishments," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 1(4), pages 415-435, December.
    3. Peltzman, Sam, 1975. "The Effects of Automobile Safety Regulation," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 83(4), pages 677-725, August.
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    1. Magazzino, Cosimo, 2010. "The economic policy of Ronald Reagan," MPRA Paper 23930, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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