Fatal tradeoffs : public and private responsibilities for risk / W. Kip Viscusi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Viscusi, W. Kip, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Risk.

Decision making.

Life--Economic aspects.

Life.

Safety regulations--Economic aspects.

Safety regulations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Fatal trade offs.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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?

11. The Impact of Occupational Safety and Health Regulation, 1972-197512. The Impact of Occupational Safety and Health Regulation, 1973-1983; 13. Consumer Behavior and the Safety Effects of Consumer Product Safety Regulation; 14. The Mis-Specified Agenda: The 1980's Reforms of Health, Safety, and Environmental Regulation; References; Index;

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p293-301) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771017-4

1-280-45240-4

0-19-802369-3

OCLC:

476007276