The Mortality Costs of Regulatory Expenditures : A Special Issue of the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty /
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 negative effects, or costs, may be due to reduced private spending on health and safety, moral hazard, or the creation of new...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
1994.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 negative effects, or costs, may be due to reduced private spending on health and safety, moral hazard, or the creation of new risks. This volume considers the use of costs--benefit analysis, risk--risk analysis, and health--health analysis to determine the mortality cost associated with regulatory expenditures. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (122 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789401113601 (electronic bk.) 9401113602 (electronic bk.) |