Browsing by Author "Aldy, Joseph E."

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    • Adjusting the Value of a Statistical Life for Age and Cohort Effects 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Aldy, Joseph E. (The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008)
      To resolve the theoretical ambiguity in the effect of age on the value of statistical life (VSL), this article uses a novel, age-dependent fatal risk measure to estimate age-specific hedonic wage regressions. VSL exhibits ...
    • Risk Regulation Lessons from Mad Cows 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Aldy, Joseph E. (Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, 2013)
      The mad cow disease crisis in the United Kingdom (U.K.) was a major policy disaster. The government and public health officials failed to identify the risk to humans, created tremendous uncertainty regarding the human risks ...
    • Risk Regulation Lessons from Mad Cows 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Aldy, Joseph E. (Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, 2013)
      The mad cow disease crisis in the United Kingdom (U.K.) was a major policy disaster. The government and public health officials failed to identify the risk to humans, created tremendous uncertainty regarding the human risks ...