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Revisiting all-terrain vehicle injury risks: Response to critique

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This article responds to a recent critique published in this journal of the statistical basis for actions taken by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to address all-terrain vehicle injury risks. It shows that the critique omitted important information in order to make its case, and that the CPSC findings were much more firmly supported by the data than indicated by the critique.

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The views are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Consumer Product Safety Commission or other members of its staff. Since the article was written in the author's official capacity, it is in the public domain and may be freely copied or reprinted.

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Rodgers, G.B. Revisiting all-terrain vehicle injury risks: Response to critique. J Regul Econ 10, 201–216 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00133533

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