Fatal Tradeoffs

Fatal Tradeoffs Public and Private Responsibilities for Risk

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780195072785
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 368
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 306
Weight: 618g
Height: 230mm
Width: 150mm
Spine width: 25mm