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  • Pricing Lives
    W. Kip Viscusi
    How society’s undervaluing of life puts all of us at risk-and the groundbreaking economic measure that can fix itLike it or not, sometimes we need to put a monetary value on people’s lives. In the past, government agencies used the financial 'cost of death' to monetize the mortality risks of regulatory policies, but this method vastly undervalued life. Pricing Lives tells the s...
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    37,54 €

  • Compensation Mechanisms for Job Risks
    Michael J. Moore / Michael JMoore / W. Kip Viscusi / WKip Viscusi
    In this major new work, Michael J. Moore and W. Kip Viscusi explore the question, 'How are workers compensated for exposing themselves to the risk of physical injury while on the job?' The authors detail the diverse nature of labor market responses to job risks and the important role played by compensation-for-risk mechanisms. Following an overview of the literature, they prese...
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    50,25 €

  • The Mortality Costs of Regulatory Expenditures
    W. Kip Viscusi
    Regulations to promote health and safety may be costly relative to the expected health and safety benefits, and may actually have negative effects on health and safety. These negative effects, or costs, may be due to reduced private spending on health and safety, moral hazard, or the creation of new risks. This volume considers the use of costs--...
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    134,69 €

  • The Mortality Costs of Regulatory Expenditures
    W. Kip Viscusi
    Regulations to promote health and safety may be costly relative to the expected health and safety benefits, and may actually have negative effects on health and safety. These negative effects, or costs, may be due to reduced private spending on health and safety, moral hazard, or the creation of new risks. This volume considers the use of costs--benefit analysis, risk--ris...
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    48,62 €

  • The Risks of Terrorism
    W. Kip Viscusi
    The September 11, 2001 terrorism attack on the United States has led government officials to rethink anti-terrorism policies and researchers to assess the implications for the study of risk and uncertainty. This book draws on the expertise of eminent researchers in several risk-related fields to assess three substantive areas of concern - risk beliefs...
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    134,56 €

  • Regulation through Litigation
    Kip W. Viscusi
    'A Brookings Institution Press and American Enterprise Institute publicationRecent high-profile lawsuits involving cigarettes, guns, breast implants, and other products have created new frictions between litigation and regulation. Increasingly, litigation is being used as a financial lever to force companies to accept negotiated regulatory policies—policies that invariably...
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    36,37 €

  • Fatal Tradeoffs
    W. Kip Viscusi
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    162,03 €