Preferences for Pesticide Regulation
基于随机电话调查，发现消费者在成本与拯救生命数相同时更偏好农药监管而非汽车尾气监管，且这种偏好具有广泛人口基础；但当拯救生命数不同时，71%的受访者选择拯救生命最多的监管。
Abstract I look at consumer preferences for pesticide regulation. The analysis is based on a random telephone survey of households. There is a distinct preference for pesticide regulation over an alternative risk reduction proposal (auto exhaust regulation) when both regulations are hypothesized to cost the same and save the same number of lives. Such preference has a surprisingly broad demographic base. However, when the potential numbers of lives saved are different under the two programs, almost 71% of the subjects preferred the regulation that saved the most lives regardless of the risk source.