Foodborne illnesses and product liability in the U.S.

被引：2

作者：

Bahalou Horeh, Marziyeh ^{[1
]}

Elbakidze, Levan ^{[2
]}

St Anna, Ana Claudia ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Purdue Univ, Dept Ind Engn, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA

[2] West Virginia Univ, Davis Coll Agr, Nat Resources & Design & Ctr Innovat Gas Res & Uti, Div Resource Econ & Management, Morgantown, WV USA

[3] West Virginia Univ, Davis Coll Agr, Div Resource Econ & Management, Nat Resources & Design, Morgantown, WV USA

来源：

AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS REVIEW | 2023年 / 52卷 / 01期

基金：

美国食品与农业研究所;

关键词：

food safety; strict liability; punitive damages; illness reporting; hospitalization; death; FOOD SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS; EMPIRICAL-EVIDENCE; STRICT LIABILITY; UNITED-STATES; CONSUMERS; RISK;

D O I：

10.1017/age.2022.25

中图分类号：

F3 [农业经济];

学科分类号：

0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;

摘要：

A regulatory liability-based approach to reducing foodborne illnesses is widely used in the U.S. But how effective is it? We exploit regulatory regime variation across states and over time to examine the relationship between product liability laws and reported foodborne illnesses. We find a positive and statistically significant relationship between strict liability with punitive damages and the number of reported foodborne illnesses. We find, however, no statistically significant relationship between strict liability with punitive damages and the number of foodborne illness-related hospitalizations and deaths.

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