Information Disclosure and Labels Public and private standards-
setters also appear to have different positions concerning
information disclosure and warning labels. Government sometimes
relies on warning labels as its major regulatory strat- egy. The
woodstove labeling rule relies exclusively on information
disclosure as a regulatory strategy. The agency defended this
standard over the private alternatives on the grounds that its
provisions had stronger language and were more likely to be
effective. Labeling provisions were also a significant part of
the gas space heater rule. In both cases the label was intended
to change people's behavior. The private sector is less enamored
of information disclosure and does not share in the public
sector's penchant for trying to change people's behavior. There
is a sense among many private standards-writers that warning
labels should not even be included in standards. Historically,
many of these organizations shied away from warning labels
entirely. The labeling and marki