02756nam 22005773u 450 991078268310332120230421045242.00-19-771017-41-280-45240-40-19-802369-3(CKB)1000000000702402(EBL)271456(OCoLC)476007276(SSID)ssj0000360010(PQKBManifestationID)11282605(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000360010(PQKBWorkID)10317295(PQKB)10696551(MiAaPQ)EBC271456(EXLCZ)99100000000070240220140113d1996|||| u|| |engtxtccrFatal Tradeoffs[electronic resource] Public and Private Responsibilities for RiskNew York Oxford University Press19961 online resource (321 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-507278-2 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;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.RiskEconomic aspectsDecision makingEconomic aspectsLifeSafety regulationsRiskEconomic aspectsDecision makingEconomic aspectsLifeSafety regulations361.1363.1Viscusi W. Kip89612AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910782683103321Fatal Tradeoffs3686466UNINA