Fatal Tradeoffs : Public and Private Responsibilities for Risk.

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Examining issues related to the social regulation of risk, this volume contains essays on the value of life, empirical estimates of the value of life, the rationality of individual responses to risk, the effect of government risk regulation efforts, and the role of the courts and insurance.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Viscusi, W. Kip
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Temas:
Risk.
Decision making.
Life > Economic aspects.
Safety regulations > Economic aspects.
Risk
Decision Making
Risque.
Prise de décision.
Sécurité > Règlements > Aspect économique.
decision making.
Decision making
Life > Economic aspects
Safety regulations > Economic aspects
Economic Theory.
Business & Economics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; 1. The Fundamental Role of Risk Tradeoffs; 2. Strategic and Ethical Issues in the Valuation of Life; 3. Evidence on the Value of Life: Case Studies from the Labor Market; 4. A Survey of Values of Risks to Life and Health; 5. Social Insurance for Work and Product Injuries; 6. Rational Models of Biases in Risk Perception; 7. Behavioral Anomalies and Paradoxes in Choices under Uncertainty; 8. Sources of Inconsistency in Societal Responses to Health Risks; 9. Risk within Reason; 10. Cotton Dust Regulation: An OSHA Success Story?

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