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

Ben-Shahar Omri

The Economists' Voice, 2006, vol. 3, issue 6, 4

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2006
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