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Effects of Deregulation on Safety provides a comprehensive overview of the safety experiences of these three case study industries and their implications for the U.S. nuclear power industry. The treatment of the subject is not highly technical, and hence is accessible to a wide range of readers with interests in the subject matter. The book draws on literature from roughly 250 references, ranging from brief news articles to book-length studies of deregulation in a particular industry, as well as original in-depth interviews with representatives of all three case study industries.
This wealth of empirical background information allows the book to go beyond mere speculation about the possible adverse safety consequences of deregulation, to identify situations in which particular adverse safety consequences actually occurred. The experience of the case study industries indicates that economic deregulation need not be incompatible with a reasonable safety record, especially in those aspects of safety that are positively related to productivity. But that safety also cannot be taken for granted after deregulation. Careful management attention is needed in order to avoid the types of safety problems that were associated with deregulation in the case study industries.
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Book Title: Effects of Deregulation on Safety
Book Subtitle: Implications Drawn from the Aviation, Rail, and United Kingdom Nuclear Power Industries
Authors: Vicki Bier, James Joosten, David Glyer, Jennifer Tracey, Michael Welsh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0259-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7335-9Published: 28 February 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4991-4Published: 23 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0259-3Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 248
Topics: Operations Research/Decision Theory, Environmental Management, Public Health, Microeconomics