Fatal tradeoffs : public and private responsibilities for risk /
This book is the culmination and synthesis of Viscusi's distinguished work in the social regulation of risk. It covers issues relating to the value of life, empirical estimates of the value of life, the rationality of individual responses to risk, the effect of government risk regulation effort...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1995.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=151252 |
| Summary: | This book is the culmination and synthesis of Viscusi's distinguished work in the social regulation of risk. It covers issues relating to 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 social insurance in dealing with risk. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 306 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423759303 9781423759300 1602561036 9781602561038 1280452404 9781280452406 0195102932 |