Browsing Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Works by Author "Zeckhauser, Richard"

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    • The Denominator Blindness Effect: Accident Frequencies and the Misjudgment of Recklessness 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Zeckhauser, Richard (American Law and Economics Review, 2004)
      People seriously misjudge accident risks because they routinely neglect relevant information about exposure. Such risk judgments affect both personal and public policy decisions, e.g., choice of a transport mode, but also ...
    • Deterring and Compensating Oil-Spill Catastrophes: The Need for Strict and Two-Tier Liability 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Zeckhauser, Richard (Virginia Law Review, 2011)
      The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill highlighted the glaring weaknesses in the current liability and regulatory regime for oil spills and for environmental catastrophes more broadly. This Article proposes a new liability ...
    • Discounting Dilemmas: Editors' Introduction 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Zeckhauser, Richard (Journal of Risk and Uncertaintyhttp://www.springer.com.proxy.library.vanderbilt.edu/economics/economic+theory/journal/11166, 2008)
      Two developments pose dilemmas for well established discounting techniques: (1) The extremely long time horizons associated with recently prominent environmental policy problems, such as climate change and nuclear waste ...
    • Economic Contests: Comparative Reward Schemes 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; O'Keeffe, Mary; Zeckhauser, Richard (Journal of Labor Economics, 1984)
      Contests are situations in which an individual's reward depends on his performance relative to others. Students are graded on a curve; the candidate with the most votes gets the political office; the un- derling who performs ...
    • National Survey Evidence on Disasters and Relief: Risk Beliefs, Self-Interest, and Compassion 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Zeckhauser, Richard (Journal of Risk and Uncertaintyhttp://www.springer.com/economics/economic+theory/journal/11166, 2006)
      A nationally representative sample of respondents estimated their fatality risks from four types of natural disasters, and indicated whether they favored governmental disaster relief. For all hazards, including auto ...