Allocation of pain and suffering awards for consumer product accidents: Effects of level of economic damages

Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennium'

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 128-131

  Laughery, Kenneth R ^a   Laughery, Brenda R ^a   Meingast, Melissa E ^a   Bean, Richard N ^b   Wogalter, Michael S ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; JOB ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PRODUCT LIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BURNS; ECONOMIC DAMAGES; PAINS;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 1842685152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120004402508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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