Pricing lives, guideposts for a safer society, W. Kip Viscusi
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Pricing lives, guideposts for a safer society, W. Kip Viscusi
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-259) and index
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illustrations
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Pricing lives
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1004927115
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W. Kip Viscusi
Sub title
guideposts for a safer society
Table Of Contents
How pricing lives saves lives -- How the government values risks to life -- The hazards of corporate valuations of product risks -- Corporate risk analyses and regulatory sanctions: lessons from the GM ignition switch recall -- The devaluation of life: should age matter? -- Should there be preferential treatment of the rich? -- Promoting risk equity through equitable risk tradeoffs -- Fine-tuning the selection of the pertinent VSL -- How the courts value lives -- Setting safety guideposts for private and public institutions
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