Vol. 14, No. 4, Fall 1991

Features

The Peril and Promise of Risk Assessment By Richard B. Belzer (PDF, 211K)

Risk Perceptions in Regulation, Tort Liability, and the Market By W. Kip Viscusi (PDF, 165K)

Why Regulate Consumer Product Safety? By Paul H. Rubin (PDF, 121K)

Improving Workplace Safety: Standards or Insurance By Thomas J. Kniesner and John D. Leeth (PDF, 149K)

Reforming FDA Policy: Lessons from the AIDS Experience By Joanna E. Siegel and Marc J. Roberts (PDF, 146K)

Reforming Medical Malpractice and Insurance By Joseph P. Newhouse and Paul C. Weiler (PDF, 148K)

Comparing Risk Standards: The Superiority of a Benfit-Cost Approach By Albert L. Nichols (PDF, 215K)

Radon Today: The Role of Flimflam in Public Policy By Philip H. Abelson (PDF, 118K)

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Letters

Putting the Brakes on LCVs | Letting the States Decide | Foundering Shipping? | Properly Pricing Deposit Insurance | Seeking the Holy Grail? | Computing the Costs of Regulation | Revisiting Derivative Markets | Preserving Competition? | Deregulating Antitrust | Defining the Relevant Market

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Currents

Making Sense of Safety | Improving Chemical Risk Assessment | Death by Regulation | NIMBY and LULU | A Market without Rights: Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Trading | Timely Accounting and Budgeting for Deposit-Insurance Losses | The Search for Affordable Housing | The Greening of the First Amendment

Readings

The Case for Informal Conflict Resolution | Assessing Policy Analysis

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