TY - BOOK AU - Viscusi,W.Kip TI - Pricing lives [electronic resource]: guideposts for a safer society SN - 0691179212 AV - HD7262 .V54 2018 U1 - 658.3/82 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Hazardous occupations KW - Age and employment KW - Life KW - Valuation KW - United States KW - Life expectancy KW - Economic aspects KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-259) and index; How pricing lives saves lives -- How the government values risks to life -- The hazards of corporate valuations of product risks -- Corporate risk analyses and regulatory sanctions: lessons from the GM ignition switch recall -- The devaluation of life: should age matter? -- Should there be preferential treatment of the rich? -- Promoting risk equity through equitable risk tradeoffs -- Fine-tuning the selection of the pertinent VSL -- How the courts value lives -- Setting safety guideposts for private and public institutions ER -