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The Problematic Incentives of
Government Regulation:
Examples from Hairdresser
Licensing and the FDA
Presentation by
Prof. Howard Baetjer
Econ 640, April 23, 2007
Hairdresser licensing
• What is its avowed purpose?
• How does it work -- what are the
institutions?
• What groups are most affected by it?
• Sharissa’s story
• What are the incentives for licensed
hairdressers under this institution?
Hairdresser licensing
• What appears to be the actual purpose of
hairdresser licensing?
• Some detail on Maryland’s licensing law
• The capture theory of regulation
Are there civil society alternatives
to hairdresser licensing?
• Legal institutions
• Informal institutions
• Market (for profit) institutions
Civil society alternatives
to hairdresser licensing
• Legal institutions
– tort liability
• Informal institutions
– reputation
– word of mouth
• “Time wounds all
heels”
• Market institutions
– intermediaries that
provide information
• salons
• beauty schools
(certification)
– information vendors
• like Consumer Reports
– insurance companies
Are there civil society alternatives
to pharmaceutical regulation?
• Legal institutions
• Informal institutions
• Market institutions
Civil society alternatives
to pharmaceutical regulation
• Legal institutions
– tort liability
• Informal institutions
– reputation
• for all parties
• (connected directly to
stock price)
– word of mouth
• “Time wounds all
heels”
• Market institutions
– intermediaries that
provide information
• hospitals
• pharmacists
• doctors
– information vendors
• e.g. Consumer Reports
• Underwriters’ Laboratory
equivalent
– insurance companies
• for intermediaries
• for drug companies
Examples of Type II errors by FDA
Drug or device
Length of
approval delay
Thrombolytic therapy
dissolves blood clots
Interleukin-2*
treats kidney cancer
Misoprotol
prevents bleeding ulcers
AmbuCardioPump**
Emergency room CPR
device
Home HIV test
* Already available in Europe
** Available in most industrialized nations
Estimated
consequences
Examples of Type II errors by FDA
Drug or device
Thrombolytic therapy
dissolves blood clots
Interleukin-2*
treats kidney cancer
Length of
approval delay
2 years
Misoprotol
prevents bleeding ulcers
AmbuCardioPump**
Emergency room CPR
device
Home HIV test
* Already available in Europe
** Available in most industrialized nations
Estimated
consequences
Examples of Type II errors by FDA
Drug or device
Thrombolytic therapy
dissolves blood clots
Interleukin-2*
treats kidney cancer
Length of
approval delay
Estimated
consequences
2 years
up to 22,000 deaths
Misoprotol
prevents bleeding ulcers
AmbuCardioPump**
Emergency room CPR
device
Home HIV test
* Already available in Europe
** Available in most industrialized nations
Examples of Type II errors by FDA
Drug or device
Thrombolytic therapy
dissolves blood clots
Interleukin-2*
treats kidney cancer
Length of
approval delay
Estimated
consequences
2 years
up to 22,000 deaths
Nov. 1988 –
May 1992
Misoprotol
prevents bleeding ulcers
AmbuCardioPump**
Emergency room CPR
device
Home HIV test
* Already available in Europe
** Available in most industrialized nations
Examples of Type II errors by FDA
Drug or device
Thrombolytic therapy
dissolves blood clots
Interleukin-2*
treats kidney cancer
Length of
approval delay
Estimated
consequences
2 years
up to 22,000 deaths
Nov. 1988 –
May 1992
3500 deaths
Misoprotol
prevents bleeding ulcers
AmbuCardioPump**
Emergency room CPR
device
Home HIV test
* Already available in Europe
** Available in most industrialized nations
Examples of Type II errors by FDA
Drug or device
Thrombolytic therapy
dissolves blood clots
Interleukin-2*
treats kidney cancer
Misoprotol
prevents bleeding ulcers
AmbuCardioPump**
Emergency room CPR
device
Length of
approval delay
Estimated
consequences
2 years
up to 22,000 deaths
Nov. 1988 –
May 1992
3500 deaths
9 ½ months
Home HIV test
* Already available in Europe
** Available in most industrialized nations
Examples of Type II errors by FDA
Drug or device
Thrombolytic therapy
dissolves blood clots
Interleukin-2*
treats kidney cancer
Misoprotol
prevents bleeding ulcers
AmbuCardioPump**
Emergency room CPR
device
Length of
approval delay
Estimated
consequences
2 years
up to 22,000 deaths
Nov. 1988 –
May 1992
3500 deaths
9 ½ months
8000 – 15000 deaths
Home HIV test
* Already available in Europe
** Available in most industrialized nations
Examples of Type II errors by FDA
Drug or device
Thrombolytic therapy
dissolves blood clots
Interleukin-2*
treats kidney cancer
Misoprotol
prevents bleeding ulcers
AmbuCardioPump**
Emergency room CPR
device
Length of
approval delay
Estimated
consequences
2 years
up to 22,000 deaths
Nov. 1988 –
May 1992
3500 deaths
9 ½ months
8000 – 15000 deaths
not approved
Home HIV test
* Already available in Europe
** Available in most industrialized nations
Examples of Type II errors by FDA
Drug or device
Thrombolytic therapy
dissolves blood clots
Interleukin-2*
treats kidney cancer
Misoprotol
prevents bleeding ulcers
AmbuCardioPump**
Emergency room CPR
device
Length of
approval delay
Estimated
consequences
2 years
up to 22,000 deaths
Nov. 1988 –
May 1992
3500 deaths
9 ½ months
8000 – 15000 deaths
not approved
7000 deaths
annually
Home HIV test
* Already available in Europe
** Available in most industrialized nations
Examples of Type II errors by FDA
Drug or device
Thrombolytic therapy
dissolves blood clots
Interleukin-2*
treats kidney cancer
Misoprotol
prevents bleeding ulcers
AmbuCardioPump**
Emergency room CPR
device
Home HIV test
Length of
approval delay
Estimated
consequences
2 years
up to 22,000 deaths
Nov. 1988 –
May 1992
3500 deaths
9 ½ months
8000 – 15000 deaths
not approved
7000 deaths
annually
5 years
* Already available in Europe
** Available in most industrialized nations
Examples of Type II errors by FDA
Drug or device
Thrombolytic therapy
dissolves blood clots
Interleukin-2*
treats kidney cancer
Misoprotol
prevents bleeding ulcers
AmbuCardioPump**
Emergency room CPR
device
Home HIV test
Length of
approval delay
Estimated
consequences
2 years
up to 22,000 deaths
Nov. 1988 –
May 1992
3500 deaths
9 ½ months
8000 – 15000 deaths
not approved
7000 deaths
annually
5 years
10,000 infections
* Already available in Europe
** Available in most industrialized nations