Søkt på: Bøker av W. Kip Viscusi
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Fatal Tradeoffs
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 …
Compensation Mechanisms for Job Risks
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 …
Economics of Regulation and Antitrust
A substantially revised and updated new edition of the leading text on business and government, with new material reflecting recent theoretical and methodological advances; …
Risk by Choice
Regulation through Litigation
"Recent high-profile lawsuits involving cigarettes, guns, breast implants, and other products have created new frictions between litigation and regulation. Increasingly, litigation …
Regulation through Litigation
Recent high-profile lawsuits involving cigarettes, guns, breast implants, and other products have created new frictions between litigation and regulation. Increasingly, litigation …
Smoke-Filled Rooms
The 1998 out-of-court settlements of litigation by the states against the cigarette industry totaled $243 billion, making it the largest payoff ever in our civil justice system. …
Punitive Damages
Over the past two decades, the United States has seen a dramatic increase in the number and magnitude of punitive damages verdicts rendered by juries in civil trials. Probably the …
Smoke-Filled Rooms
The 1998 out-of-court settlements of litigation by the states against the cigarette industry totaled $243 billion, making it the largest payoff ever in our civil justice system. …
The Mortality Costs of Regulatory Expenditures
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 …
Compensation Mechanisms for Job Risks
In this major new work, Michael J. Moore and W. Kip Viscusi explore the question, "e;How are workers compensated for exposing themselves to the risk of physical injury while on …