The (Legal) Pains of Vioxx: Why Product Liability Can Make Products More Dangerous

Comparing the experience of Vioxx and Celebrex leads Omri Ben-Shahar to think that stiff product liability has the perverse effect of inducing manufacturers of defective products to leave these products on the market, rather than withdraw them.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Ben-Shahar, Omri
Published in:	The Economists' Voice. - Berkeley Electronic Press. - Vol. 3.2007, 6, p. 6-6
Publisher:	Berkeley Electronic Press
Subject:	Vioxx \| liability \| pharmaceuticals \| Celebrex \| Cox-2 \| risk

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Type of publication:	Article
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Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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