Published 2002
“…Office of Technology Assessment recently completed an investigation of the technology-forcing
aspects of standards
promulgated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
over the last twenty years and found that (1) technological innovation usually resulted from stringent
regulation and (2) traditional cost-benefit analysis performed prior to a standard's implementation failed to
anticipate significant economic benefits accruing to the innovating industrial firm. …”
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