A firm sells a dangerous product to heterogeneous consumers. Higher consumer types suffer accidents more often but may enjoy higher gross benefits. The firm invests resources to reduce the frequency of accidents. When the consumer's net benefit function (gross benefits minus expected harms) is...

In recent years, a number of consumer product safety authorities have established product safety pledges with online marketplaces as a new way to better protect consumers from the risk of purchasing unsafe products that may be available on those platforms. Product safety pledges involve online...

Die Eigenschaften moderner Konsumgüter sind für die Konsumenten oft schwer einzuschätzen. Die Folgen sind Qualitätsunsicherheit und fehlerhafte Bewertungen der von den Produkten ausgehenden Gefahren. Informationsprobleme können ein "Marktversagen" begründen. -- Von den Autoren ist...

This Policy Brief proposes the establishment of an agreement on conformity assessment between the EU and the US that covers machinery and electrical equipment. The initiative aims to increase the number of European and US conformity assessment bodies authorized to test and certify EU and US...