Browsing Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Works by Subject "Industrial safety -- Law and legislation -- United States"

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Are Individuals Bayesian Decision Makers?

Viscusi, W. Kip; Viscusi, W. Kip (American Economic Review, 1985)

There has been increasing interest in whether normative models of individual choice under uncertainty accord with actual behavior. These concerns have been much greater than in other economic contexts because of the ...
Health and Safety

Viscusi, W. Kip (Regulation, 1982)

My review of recent risk regulation policies necessarily starts with the new oversight group within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), because it has been the dominant force for improvement thus far. Unfortunately, ...
Market Incentives for Safety

Viscusi, W. Kip (Harvard Business Review, 1985)

In the heated atmosphere generated by inch-high headlines and multimillion-dollar liability suits, two important facts often get lost. First, society's awareness of what ensuring reasonably complete safety would cost rarely ...
The Structure and Enforcement of Job Safety Regulation

Viscusi, W. Kip (Law & Contemporary Problems, 1986)

For more than a decade, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been regulating the technology and work practices of employers. This governmental function is relatively new and is quite different ...