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Reducing Risks to Life: Measurement of the Benefits

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  • Martin J. Bailey
Abstract
This book develops the basic reasoning of benefit-cost analysis as it applies to government programs and regulations intended to save lives.

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  • Martin J. Bailey, 1980. "Reducing Risks to Life: Measurement of the Benefits," Books, American Enterprise Institute, number 51808, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:aei:rpbook:51808
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    1. Buzby, Jean C. & Roberts, Tanya & Allos, Ban Mishu, 1997. "Estimated Annual Costs of Campylobacter-Associated Guillain-Barre Syndrome," Agricultural Economic Reports 33969, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Tammy O. Tengs & Miriam E. Adams & Joseph S. Pliskin & Dana Gelb Safran & Joanna E. Siegel & Milton C. Weinstein & John D. Graham, 1995. "Five‐Hundred Life‐Saving Interventions and Their Cost‐Effectiveness," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(3), pages 369-390, June.
    3. Gregory B. Rodgers & Paul H. Rubin, 1989. "Cost‐Benefit Analysis of All‐Terrain Vehicles at the CPSC," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 9(1), pages 63-69, March.
    4. John M. Mendeloff & Robert M. Kaplan, 1989. "Are Large Differences in “Lifesaving” Costs Justified? A Psychometric Study of the Relative Value Placed on Preventing Deaths," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 9(3), pages 349-363, September.
    5. Rakesh Kumar Sarin, 1983. "A Social Decision Analysis of the Earthquake Safety Problem: The Case of Existing Los Angeles Buildings," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 3(1), pages 35-50, March.
    6. Benjamin Ward, 1988. "LEP: An Alternative Criterion For Socio-Economic Valuation," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(3), pages 763-780, September.
    7. Milton C. Weinstein, 1981. "Economic Assessments of Medical Practices and Technologies," Medical Decision Making, , vol. 1(4), pages 309-330, December.
    8. John D. Graham & James W. Vaupel, 1981. "Value of a Life: What Difference Does It Make?," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 1(1), pages 89-95, March.

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    Keywords

    Regulation; government programs; benefits; AEI Press; AEI Archive;
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    JEL classification:

    • A - General Economics and Teaching

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