Utility Theories: Measurements and Applications

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 3
• The Conference on "Utility: Theories, Measurements, and Applications" met at the Inn at Pasatiempo in Santa Cruz, California, from June II to 15, 1989... Lees meer

Risk, Organizations, and Society

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 2
• Growth of the electric industry Electric generating stations and the associated transmission and distribu- tion systems are high ticket items as are t... Lees meer

Decisions, Games and Markets

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 8
• Decisions, Games and Markets is designed to stimulate new developments in decision theory, game theory and general equilibrium theory, as well as in t... Lees meer

The Risks of Terrorism

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 15
• The September 11, 2001 terrorism attack on the United States has led government officials to rethink anti-terrorism policies and researchers to assess... Lees meer

Simulating Workplace Safety Policy

Thomas J Kniesner, John D Leeth

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 6
• People want more from the government. One thing they want more of is a sense of personal safety, at home and at work (Regulation, Fall 1991). People a... Lees meer

Valuing the Cost of Smoking

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 13
• CLAUDEJEANRENAUD NILS SOGUEL Smoking is a very common habit all over the world. The prevalence rate ranges from 20% - 40% in industrialised countries,... Lees meer

Risk and Medical Decision Making

Louis Eeckhoudt

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 14
• For people interested in risk management, medical activity represents a stimulating field of study and thought. On the one hand, progress in medical k... Lees meer

Contingent Valuation, Transport Safety and the Value of Life

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 7
• Over the past two decades, economic theory has extended its field of application to non-market goods such as environmental resources and health. Altho... Lees meer

Environmental Resource Valuation

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 11
• Economic values are increasingly used in policy analysis and legal settings. With the growing recognition that many of the things that benefit or harm... Lees meer

Risk and Medical Decision Making

Louis Eeckhoudt

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 14
• For people interested in risk management, medical activity represents a stimulating field of study and thought. On the one hand, progress in medical k... Lees meer

The Dilemma of Siting a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository

D Easterling, Howard Kunreuther

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 5
• This book explores siting dilemmas - situations in which an "authority" (e.g., Congress, a consortium of utilities) deems it in the best interest of s... Lees meer

Environmental Economics & the Mining Industry

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 4
• Superfund liability). This is an issue that is currently having an dramatic impact on the industry. The impact is being felt in transactions involving... Lees meer

The Dilemma of Siting a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository

D Easterling, Howard Kunreuther

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 5
• This book explores siting dilemmas - situations in which an "authority" (e.g., Congress, a consortium of utilities) deems it in the best interest of s... Lees meer

Managing Environmental Risk Through Insurance

Paul K Freeman

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty
• This text focuses on insurance as a tool for addressing risk, as opposed to government benefit programs or involuntary liability using the court syste... Lees meer

Utility Theories: Measurements and Applications

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 3
• The Conference on "Utility: Theories, Measurements, and Applications" met at the Inn at Pasatiempo in Santa Cruz, California, from June II to 15, 1989... Lees meer

Environmental Resource Valuation

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 11
• Economic values are increasingly used in policy analysis and legal settings. With the growing recognition that many of the things that benefit or harm... Lees meer

Decisions, Games and Markets

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 8
• Decisions, Games and Markets is designed to stimulate new developments in decision theory, game theory and general equilibrium theory, as well as in t... Lees meer

Determining the Value of Non-Marketed Goods

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 10
• Contingent valuation (CV) measures what is called passive use value or existence value. The CV method has been used to measure the benefits of environ... Lees meer

The Risks of Terrorism

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 15
• The September 11, 2001 terrorism attack on the United States has led government officials to rethink anti-terrorism policies and researchers to assess... Lees meer

Stochastic Dominance

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 12
• Preface. 1. On the Measurement of Risk. 2. Expected Utility Theory. 3. Stochastic Dominance Decision Rules. 4. Stochastic Dominance: The Quantile Appr... Lees meer

Managing Environmental Risk Through Insurance

Paul K Freeman, Howard Kunreuther

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty | nr. 9
• Can insurance be used as a means to obtain compliance with environmental policy? Answering this question requires examination of a broad mosaic of aca... Lees meer