Rational Risk Policy: The 1996 Arne Ryde Memorial Lectures

by W. Kip Viscusi

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible synthesis of Viscusi's 1996 Arne Ryde Memorial lectures on risk policy. In this volume, Viscusi explores the various forms of irrationality exemplified in individual risk behavior and the role government policy has played in institutionalizing
these biases. He examines the implications for government policy of consumers and workers' risk beliefs and behavioral responses to risk. In addition to a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198293631
• ISBN13: 9780198293637
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.8"