Browsing Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Works by Subject "Health risk assessment"

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    • Human Health Risk Assessments for Superfund 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Hamilton, James, 1961- (Ecology Law Quarterly, 1994)
      The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) is scheduled for reauthorization in the spring of 1995, and Congress must decide either to continue the Superfund program in its current ...
    • Informational Regulation of Consumer Health Risks: An Empirical Evaluation of Hazard Warnings 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Magat, Wesley A.; Huber, Joel (The RAND Journal of Economics, 1986)
      On the basis of data from a survey of almost 400 consumers, this article assesses whether consumer behavior is responsive to information about product hazards that is provided in response to regulation. We find that the ...
    • Risk Regulation Lessons from Mad Cows 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Aldy, Joseph E. (Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, 2013)
      The mad cow disease crisis in the United Kingdom (U.K.) was a major policy disaster. The government and public health officials failed to identify the risk to humans, created tremendous uncertainty regarding the human risks ...