Competition, product safety, and product liability
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- Yongmin Chen & Xinyu Hua, 2017. "Competition, Product Safety, and Product Liability," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 33(2), pages 237-267.
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Keywords
product safety; product liabilty; competition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K13 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Tort Law and Product Liability; Forensic Economics
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2015-09-18 (Business Economics)
- NEP-BEC-2015-09-26 (Business Economics)
- NEP-COM-2015-09-18 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-COM-2015-09-26 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IND-2015-09-18 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-IND-2015-09-26 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-LAW-2015-09-18 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-LAW-2015-09-26 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-MIC-2015-09-18 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-MKT-2015-09-18 (Marketing)
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