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Working Papers

2024

1. A Tale of the Tails: The Value of a Statistical Life at the Tails of the Age Distribution
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
2. The Military VSL
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2022

3. Compensating Differentials for Occupational Health and Safety Risks: Implications of Recent Evidence
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   See also Chapter Compensating Differentials for Occupational Health and Safety Risks: Implications of Recent Evidence, Research in Labor Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
4. Promoting Equity through Equitable Risk Tradeoffs
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   See also Journal Article Promoting Equity through Equitable Risk Tradeoffs, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press (2023) View citations (2) (2023)

2017

5. Death by Regulation: How Regulations Can Increase Mortality Risk
   Working Papers, George Mason University, Mercatus Center

2016

6. Efficient Warnings, Not "Wolf or Rabbit" Warnings
   Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
7. Recollection Bias and Its Underpinnings: Lessons from Terrorism-Risk Assessments
   Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
   Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2015)
   See also Journal Article Recollection Bias and Its Underpinnings: Lessons from Terrorism Risk Assessments, Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2014

8. Regulating Ambiguous Risks: The Less Than Rational Regulation of Pharmaceuticals
   Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
   See also Journal Article Regulating Ambiguous Risks: The Less than Rational Regulation of Pharmaceuticals, The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
9. The Role of Publication Selection Bias in Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The Role of Publication Selection Bias in Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life, American Journal of Health Economics, University of Chicago Press (2015) View citations (21) (2015)

2013

10. Risk Regulation Lessons from Mad Cows
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Risk Regulation Lessons from Mad Cows, Foundations and Trends(R) in Microeconomics, now publishers (2013) View citations (1) (2013)

2012

11. Willingness to Accept Equals Willingness to Pay for Labor Market Estimates of the Value of Statistical Life
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Willingness to accept equals willingness to pay for labor market estimates of the value of a statistical life, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (2014) View citations (15) (2014)

2011

12. Addressing Catastrophic Risks: Disparate Anatomies Require Tailored Therapies
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (3)
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011) View citations (3)
13. Deterring and Compensating Oil Spill Catastrophes: The Need for Strict and Two-Tier Liability
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (6)
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011) View citations (3)

2010

14. The Value of a Statistical Life: Evidence from Panel Data
    Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article The Value of a Statistical Life: Evidence from Panel Data, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2012) View citations (83) (2012)

2009

15. Discontinuous Behavioral Responses to Recycling Laws and Plastic Water Bottle Deposits
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Discontinuous Behavioral Responses to Recycling Laws and Plastic Water Bottle Deposits, American Law and Economics Review, American Law and Economics Association (2013) View citations (7) (2013)
16. Policy Relevant Heterogeneity in the Value of Statistical Life: New Evidence from Panel Data Quantile Regressions
    Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009)
    See also Journal Article Policy relevant heterogeneity in the value of statistical life: New evidence from panel data quantile regressions, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (2010) View citations (65) (2010)
17. The Changing Landscape of Blockbuster Punitive Damages Awards
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Changing Landscape of Blockbuster Punitive Damages Awards, American Law and Economics Review, American Law and Economics Association (2009) (2009)
18. Tobacco Regulation through Litigation: The Master Settlement Agreement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Chapter Tobacco Regulation through Litigation: The Master Settlement Agreement, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) (2010)

2007

19. Age Differences in the Value of Statistical Life: Revealed Preference Evidence
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (93)
    See also Journal Article Age Differences in the Value of Statistical Life: Revealed Preference Evidence, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2007) View citations (94) (2007)
20. Pinning Down the Value of Statistical Life
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (13)
    Also in Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University (2006) View citations (13)
21. The Mortality Cost to Smokers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The mortality cost to smokers, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (29) (2008)

2006

22. Adjusting the Value of a Statistical Life for Age and Cohort Effects
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Adjusting the Value of a Statistical Life for Age and Cohort Effects, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2008) View citations (138) (2008)
23. Hyperbolic Discounting of Public Goods
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
24. Labor Market Estimates of the Senior Discount for the Value of Statistical Life
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Labor market estimates of the senior discount for the value of statistical life, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2007) View citations (44) (2007)
25. National Survey Evidence on Disasters and Relief: Risk Beliefs, Self-Interest, and Compassion
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (56)
    See also Journal Article National survey evidence on disasters and relief: Risk beliefs, self-interest, and compassion, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (2006) View citations (56) (2006)
26. Rational Discounting for Regulatory Analysis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
27. Regulation of Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Chapter Regulation of Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks, Handbook of Law and Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (15) (2007)
28. The Catastrophic Effects of Natural Disasters on Insurance Markets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (44)
    See also Journal Article The catastrophic effects of natural disasters on insurance markets, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (2006) View citations (42) (2006)
29. The Effects of Tort Reform on Medical Malpractice Insurers' Ultimate Losses
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Effects of Tort Reform on Medical Malpractice Insurers' Ultimate Losses, Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association (2009) View citations (12) (2009)

2005

30. How Unobservable Productivity Biases the Value of a Statistical Life
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
31. The Generational Divide in Support for Environmental Policies: European Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
32. The Perception and Valuation of the Risks of Climate Change: A Rational and Behavioral Blend
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (1)

2004

33. Age Variations in Workers' Value of Statistical Life
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)
34. Life-Cycle Consumption and the Age-Adjusted Value of Life
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Life-Cycle Consumption and the Age-Adjusted Value of Life, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2006) View citations (41) (2006)

2003

35. Sacrificing Civil Liberties to Reduce Terrorism Risks
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (43)
    See also Journal Article Sacrificing Civil Liberties to Reduce Terrorism Risks, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (2003) View citations (44) (2003)
36. The Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review of Market Estimates throughout the World
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (914)
    See also Journal Article The Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review of Market Estimates throughout the World, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (2003) View citations (916) (2003)

2000

37. Smoking risks in Spain: part II - perceptions of environmental tobacco smoke externalities
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Smoking Risks in Spain: Part II--Perceptions of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Externalities, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (2000) View citations (9) (2000)

1995

38. Organizational Form and Insurance Company Performance: Stocks versus Mutuals
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Chapter Organizational Form and Insurance Company Performance: Stocks versus Mutuals, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (4) (1998)

1994

39. Cigarette Taxation and the Social Consequences of Smoking
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    See also Chapter Cigarette Taxation and the Social Consequences of Smoking, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1995) View citations (38) (1995)

1991

40. ESTIMATION OF STATE-DEPENDENT UTILITY FUNCTIONS USING SURVEY DATA
    1991 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Manhattan, Kansas, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (97)
    See also Journal Article Estimation of State-Dependent Utility Functions Using Survey Data, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (1991) View citations (104) (1991)
41. Utility-Based Measures of Health
    1991 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Manhattan, Kansas, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Utility-Based Measures of Health, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (1991) View citations (6) (1991)

1990

42. Workers' Compensation and Injury Duration: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Workers' Compensation and Injury Duration: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1995) View citations (162) (1995)

1986

43. The Impact of Occupational Safety and Health Regulation, 1973-83
    Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State View citations (3)

1979

44. Sorting Models of Labor Mobility, Turnover, and Unemployment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
45. Specific Information, General Information, and Employment Matches Under Uncertainty
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Journal Articles

2024

1. A Bayesian analysis of e‐cigarette risk perceptions in the United Kingdom
   Southern Economic Journal, 2024, 90, (3), 612-633

2023

2. Changes in household recycling behavior: Evidence from panel data
   Ecological Economics, 2023, 208, (C)
3. Differences by Race and Ethnicity in Title IX’s Effect on Women’s Health
   Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2023, 14, (3), 437-450
4. How regulations undervalue occupational fatalities
   Regulation & Governance, 2023, 17, (1), 250-271
5. Promoting Equity through Equitable Risk Tradeoffs
   Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2023, 14, (1), 8-34 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Promoting Equity through Equitable Risk Tradeoffs, IZA Discussion Papers (2022) (2022)
6. Seven Recommendations for Pricing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
   Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2023, 14, (2), 191-204
7. The Social Discount Rate: Legal and Philosophical Underpinnings
   Annual Review of Financial Economics, 2023, 15, (1), 127-145
8. The locus of dread for mass shooting risks: Distinguishing alarmist risk beliefs from risk preferences
   Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2023, 66, (2), 109-139 View citations (2)
9. When Patients are Assailants: Valuing Occupational Risks in Health Care
   Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2023, 14, (2), 356-385

2022

10. Efficiency criteria for nudges and norms
    Public Choice, 2022, 191, (3), 465-482 View citations (1)
11. The Broad Impacts of Disposable Lighter Safety Regulations
    Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2022, 13, (2), 149-165

2021

12. Economic lessons for COVID‐19 pandemic policies
    Southern Economic Journal, 2021, 87, (4), 1064-1089 View citations (2)
13. Experimental study of consumer responses to different sources of information about prescription drugs
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 186, (C), 754-771
14. Extending the Domain of the Value of a Statistical Life
    Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2021, 12, (1), 1-23 View citations (6)
15. THE MORTALITY COST OF EXPENDITURES
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2021, 39, (1), 156-167 View citations (4)

2020

16. Dynamic relationships between social norms and pro-environmental behavior: evidence from household recycling
    Behavioural Public Policy, 2020, 4, (1), 1-25 View citations (4)
17. Electronic cigarette risk beliefs and usage after the vaping illness outbreak
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2020, 60, (3), 259-279 View citations (10)
18. Pricing the global health risks of the COVID-19 pandemic
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2020, 61, (2), 101-128 View citations (40)
19. Publication Selection Biases in Stated Preference Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life
    Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2020, 11, (3), 357-379 View citations (5)
20. Reducing Medical Malpractice Loss Reserve Volatility Through Tort Reform
    North American Actuarial Journal, 2020, 24, (4), 626-646
21. The Perception and Excessive Valuation of Small, Publicized Drinking Water Risks
    Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2020, 11, (2), 221-243 View citations (1)
22. The impact of cannabis access laws on opioid prescribing
    Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 69, (C) View citations (18)
23. Wellbeing measures of mortality risks: life-cycle contradictions and ordinal index challenges
    Behavioural Public Policy, 2020, 4, (2), 245-253 View citations (2)
24. When to Walk Away and When to Risk It All
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2020, 21, (5), 525-547 View citations (1)

2019

25. Asymmetric Effects on Fatality Rates of Changes in Workers’ Compensation Laws
    American Law and Economics Review, 2019, 21, (2), 307-345 View citations (2)
26. Responsible Precautions for Uncertain Environmental Risks
    Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2019, 10, (2), 296-315 View citations (1)
27. Risk guideposts for a safer society: Introduction and overview
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2019, 58, (2), 101-119 View citations (5)
28. The Mortality Cost Metric for the Costs of War
    Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 2019, 25, (3), 10 View citations (6)
29. Utility functions for mild and severe health risks
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2019, 58, (2), 143-166 View citations (22)

2018

30. Best Estimate Selection Bias in the Value of a Statistical Life
    Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2018, 9, (2), 205-246 View citations (19)
31. Decision irrationalities involving deadly risks
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2018, 57, (3), 225-252 View citations (2)
32. Pricing Lives: International Guideposts for Safety
    The Economic Record, 2018, 94, (S1), 1-10 View citations (6)
33. The Income Elasticity of Global Values of a Statistical Life: Stated Preference Evidence
    Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2018, 9, (3), 407-434 View citations (37)

2017

34. Anchoring biases in international estimates of the value of a statistical life
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2017, 54, (2), 103-128 View citations (30)
35. Consumer’s Guide to Regulatory Impact Analysis: Ten Tips for Being an Informed Policymaker
    Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2017, 8, (2), 187-204 View citations (2)
36. Fostering Recycling Participation in Wisconsin Households through Single-Stream Programs
    Land Economics, 2017, 93, (3), 481-502 View citations (7)
37. Income Elasticities and Global Values of a Statistical Life
    Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2017, 8, (2), 226-250 View citations (92)
38. Letter—The Social Cost of Carbon: Maintaining the Integrity of Economic Analysis—A Response to Revesz et al. (2017)
    Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2017, 11, (1), 174-175 View citations (1)
39. Recollection Bias and Its Underpinnings: Lessons from Terrorism Risk Assessments
    Risk Analysis, 2017, 37, (5), 969-981 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Recollection Bias and Its Underpinnings: Lessons from Terrorism-Risk Assessments, Working Paper Series (2016) (2016)
40. The Punitive Damages Calculus: The Differential Incidence of State Punitive Damages Reforms
    Southern Economic Journal, 2017, 84, (1), 82-97
41. The net effects of medical malpractice tort reform on health insurance losses: the Texas experience
    Health Economics Review, 2017, 7, (1), 1-16 View citations (1)

2016

42. Determining the Proper Scope of Climate Change Policy Benefits in U.S. Regulatory Analyses: Domestic versus Global Approaches
    Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2016, 10, (2), 245-263 View citations (9)
43. Rational Benefit Assessment for an Irrational World: Toward a Behavioral Transfer Test1
    Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2016, 7, (1), 69-91 View citations (3)
44. Risk Beliefs and Preferences for E-cigarettes
    American Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 2, (2), 213-240 View citations (23)
    Also in American Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 2, (2), 213-240 (2016) View citations (23)
45. The fatality and morbidity components of the value of statistical life
    Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 46, (C), 90-99 View citations (18)
46. The relationship between the markets for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance
    Applied Economics, 2016, 48, (55), 5348-5363 View citations (1)

2015

47. PRODUCER AND CONSUMER RESPONSES TO GREEN HOUSING LABELS
    Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53, (1), 681-699 View citations (14)
48. Pricing Lives for Corporate and Governmental Risk Decisions 1
    Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2015, 6, (2), 227-246
49. Reference-Dependence Effects in Benefit Assessment: Beyond the WTA–WTP Dichotomy and WTA–WTP Ratios
    Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2015, 6, (1), 187-206 View citations (1)
50. Regulating Ambiguous Risks: The Less than Rational Regulation of Pharmaceuticals
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2015, 44, (S2), S387 - S422 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Regulating Ambiguous Risks: The Less Than Rational Regulation of Pharmaceuticals, Working Paper Series (2014) (2014)
51. THE PRIVATE RATIONALITY OF BOTTLED WATER DRINKING
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2015, 33, (3), 450-467 View citations (4)
52. The Relative Weights of Direct and Indirect Experiences in the Formation of Environmental Risk Beliefs
    Risk Analysis, 2015, 35, (2), 318-331 View citations (13)
53. The Role of Publication Selection Bias in Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life
    American Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 1, (1), 27-52 View citations (21)
    Also in American Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 1, (1), 27-52 (2015) View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper The Role of Publication Selection Bias in Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (1) (2014)
54. The value of a statistical life for transportation regulations: A test of the benefits transfer methodology
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2015, 51, (1), 53-77 View citations (13)

2014

55. ASSESSING WHETHER THERE IS A CANCER PREMIUM FOR THE VALUE OF A STATISTICAL LIFE
    Health Economics, 2014, 23, (4), 384-396 View citations (27)
56. Private Recycling Values, Social Norms, and Legal Rules
    Revue d'économie politique, 2014, 124, (2), 159-178 View citations (5)
57. Publication selection and the income elasticity of the value of a statistical life
    Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 33, (C), 67-75 View citations (22)
58. Shifting the Fat‐Tailed Distribution of Blockbuster Punitive Damages Awards
    Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2014, 11, (2), 350-377
59. Willingness to accept equals willingness to pay for labor market estimates of the value of a statistical life
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2014, 48, (3), 187-205 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Willingness to Accept Equals Willingness to Pay for Labor Market Estimates of the Value of Statistical Life, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (2) (2012)

2013

60. Discontinuous Behavioral Responses to Recycling Laws and Plastic Water Bottle Deposits
    American Law and Economics Review, 2013, 15, (1), 110-155 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Discontinuous Behavioral Responses to Recycling Laws and Plastic Water Bottle Deposits, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (1) (2009)
61. Overriding consumer preferences with energy regulations
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2013, 43, (3), 248-264 View citations (19)
62. Risk Regulation Lessons from Mad Cows
    Foundations and Trends(R) in Microeconomics, 2013, 8, (4), 231-313 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Risk Regulation Lessons from Mad Cows, Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (1) (2013)

2012

63. Alternative Policies to Increase Recycling of Plastic Water Bottles in the United States
    Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2012, 6, (2), 190-211 View citations (15)
64. Heterogeneity in Values of Morbidity Risks from Drinking Water
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2012, 52, (1), 23-48 View citations (4)
65. Law and Economics as a Pillar of Legal Education
    Review of Law & Economics, 2012, 8, (2), 487-510
66. Reference-dependent valuations of risk: Why willingness-to-accept exceeds willingness-to-pay
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2012, 44, (1), 19-44 View citations (21)
67. THE ROLE OF INFORMATION DISCLOSURE IN CLIMATE MITIGATION POLICY
    Climate Change Economics (CCE), 2012, 03, (04), 1-21 View citations (11)
68. The Value of a Statistical Life: Evidence from Panel Data
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 94, (1), 74-87 View citations (83)
    See also Working Paper The Value of a Statistical Life: Evidence from Panel Data, Center for Policy Research Working Papers (2010) View citations (17) (2010)
69. WHAT'S TO KNOW? PUZZLES IN THE LITERATURE ON THE VALUE OF STATISTICAL LIFE
    Journal of Economic Surveys, 2012, 26, (5), 763-768 View citations (12)

2011

70. HETEROGENEOUS RATES OF TIME PREFERENCE AND THE DECISION TO SMOKE
    Economic Inquiry, 2011, 49, (4), 959-972 View citations (44)
71. Policy Challenges of the Heterogeneity of the Value of Statistical Life
    Foundations and Trends(R) in Microeconomics, 2011, 6, (2), 99-172 View citations (9)
72. Promoting Recycling: Private Values, Social Norms, and Economic Incentives
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (3), 65-70 View citations (88)
73. Risky investment decisions: How are individuals influenced by their groups?
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2011, 43, (2), 81-106 View citations (62)
74. Survey Mode Effects on Valuation of Environmental Goods
    IJERPH, 2011, 8, (4), 1-22 View citations (2)
75. Towards Principles and Standards for the Benefit-Cost Analysis of Safety
    Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2011, 2, (3), 25 View citations (3)
    Also in Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2011, 2, (3), 1-25 (2011) View citations (3)
    See also Chapter Towards principles and standards for the benefit–cost analysis of safety, Chapters, 2013, 172-193 (2013) View citations (5) (2013)

2010

76. Immigrant Status and the Value of Statistical Life
    Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45, (3) View citations (36)
77. Policy relevant heterogeneity in the value of statistical life: New evidence from panel data quantile regressions
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2010, 40, (1), 15-31 View citations (65)
    See also Working Paper Policy Relevant Heterogeneity in the Value of Statistical Life: New Evidence from Panel Data Quantile Regressions, Center for Policy Research Working Papers (2009) (2009)
78. Reply to “The Effects of ‘Early Offers’ in Medical Malpractice Cases: Evidence from Texas”
    Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2010, 7, (1), 164-173
79. The heterogeneity of the value of statistical life: Introduction and overview
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2010, 40, (1), 1-13 View citations (30)

2009

80. Reply to the comments on “The devaluation of life”
    Regulation & Governance, 2009, 3, (3), 306-309 View citations (1)
81. The Changing Landscape of Blockbuster Punitive Damages Awards
    American Law and Economics Review, 2009, 12, (1), 116-161
    See also Working Paper The Changing Landscape of Blockbuster Punitive Damages Awards, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (2) (2009)
82. The Effects of Tort Reform on Medical Malpractice Insurers' Ultimate Losses
    Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2009, 76, (1), 197-219 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper The Effects of Tort Reform on Medical Malpractice Insurers' Ultimate Losses, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (2) (2006)
83. The devaluation of life
    Regulation & Governance, 2009, 3, (2), 103-127 View citations (4)
84. Valuing risks of death from terrorism and natural disasters
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2009, 38, (3), 191-213 View citations (52)
85. Voter-weighted environmental preferences
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2009, 28, (4), 655-671 View citations (4)

2008

86. Adjusting the Value of a Statistical Life for Age and Cohort Effects
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 90, (3), 573-581 View citations (138)
    See also Working Paper Adjusting the Value of a Statistical Life for Age and Cohort Effects, RFF Working Paper Series (2006) View citations (11) (2006)
87. Discounting dilemmas: Editors’ introduction
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2008, 37, (2), 95-106 View citations (8)
88. Estimating discount rates for environmental quality from utility-based choice experiments
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2008, 37, (2), 199-220 View citations (74)
89. How to value a life
    Journal of Economics and Finance, 2008, 32, (4), 311-323 View citations (12)
90. RISK BELIEFS AND SMOKING BEHAVIOR
    Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46, (1), 45-59 View citations (26)
91. Reference dependence in iterative choices
    Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2008, 106, (2), 143-152 View citations (10)
92. The Economic Value of Water Quality
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2008, 41, (2), 169-187 View citations (36)
93. The Flawed Hedonic Damages Measure of Compensation for Wrongful Death and Personal Injury
    Journal of Forensic Economics, 2008, 20, (2), 113-135 View citations (1)
94. The mortality cost to smokers
    Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (4), 943-958 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper The Mortality Cost to Smokers, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (3) (2007)

2007

95. Age Differences in the Value of Statistical Life: Revealed Preference Evidence
    Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2007, 1, (2), 241-260 View citations (94)
    See also Working Paper Age Differences in the Value of Statistical Life: Revealed Preference Evidence, RFF Working Paper Series (2007) View citations (93) (2007)
96. An Empirical Assessment of Early Offer Reform for Medical Malpractice
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2007, 36, (S2), S231-S259 View citations (10)
97. Automobile Seatbelt Usage and the Value of Statistical Life
    Southern Economic Journal, 2007, 73, (3), 659-676 View citations (2)
98. Labor market estimates of the senior discount for the value of statistical life
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2007, 53, (3), 377-392 View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper Labor Market Estimates of the Senior Discount for the Value of Statistical Life, RFF Working Paper Series (2006) View citations (1) (2006)
99. Tort Liability Litigation Costs for Commercial Claims
    American Law and Economics Review, 2007, 9, (2), 330-369 View citations (7)

2006

100. Behavioral Probabilities
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2006, 32, (1), 5-15 View citations (19)
101. False claims in tobacco litigation junk science article [6]
     American Journal of Public Health, 2006, 96, (5), 767
102. Life-Cycle Consumption and the Age-Adjusted Value of Life
     The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2006, 5, (1), 36 View citations (41)
     Also in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2006, 5, (1), 36 (2006) View citations (1)
     See also Working Paper Life-Cycle Consumption and the Age-Adjusted Value of Life, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (5) (2004)
103. National survey evidence on disasters and relief: Risk beliefs, self-interest, and compassion
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2006, 33, (1), 13-36 View citations (56)
     See also Working Paper National Survey Evidence on Disasters and Relief: Risk Beliefs, Self-Interest, and Compassion, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (56) (2006)
104. Natural disaster risks: An introduction
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2006, 33, (1), 5-11 View citations (4)
105. The catastrophic effects of natural disasters on insurance markets
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2006, 33, (1), 55-72 View citations (42)
     See also Working Paper The Catastrophic Effects of Natural Disasters on Insurance Markets, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (44) (2006)

2005

106. Damages Caps, Insurability, and the Performance of Medical Malpractice Insurance
     Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2005, 72, (1), 23-43 View citations (30)
107. Recollection Bias and the Combat of Terrorism
     The Journal of Legal Studies, 2005, 34, (1), 27-55 View citations (15)
108. Value of a Statistical Life: Relative Position vs. Relative Age
     American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 142-146 View citations (22)

2004

109. Dead Reckoning: Demographic Determinants of the Accuracy of Mortality Risk Perceptions
     Risk Analysis, 2004, 24, (3), 651-664 View citations (15)
110. Punitive Damages: How Judges and Juries Perform
     The Journal of Legal Studies, 2004, 33, (1), 1-36 View citations (15)
111. The Denominator Blindness Effect: Accident Frequencies and the Misjudgment of Recklessness
     American Law and Economics Review, 2004, 6, (1), 72-94 View citations (2)
112. The Value of Life: Estimates with Risks by Occupation and Industry
     Economic Inquiry, 2004, 42, (1), 29-48 View citations (89)
113. Tort Reform and Insurance Markets
     Risk Management and Insurance Review, 2004, 7, (1), 9-24 View citations (1)
114. Voter Preferences and State Regulation of Smoking
     Economic Inquiry, 2004, 42, (3), 455-468 View citations (15)

2003

115. Commonalities in Time and Ambiguity Aversion for Long-Term Risks *
     Theory and Decision, 2003, 54, (1), 57-71 View citations (46)
116. Racial Differences in Labor Market Values of a Statistical Life
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2003, 27, (3), 239-56 View citations (45)
117. Risk ratings that do not measure probabilities
     Journal of Risk Research, 2003, 6, (1), 23-43 View citations (23)
118. Sacrificing Civil Liberties to Reduce Terrorism Risks
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2003, 26, (2-3), 99-120 View citations (44)
     See also Working Paper Sacrificing Civil Liberties to Reduce Terrorism Risks, Working Paper Series (2003) View citations (43) (2003)
119. The Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review of Market Estimates throughout the World
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2003, 27, (1), 5-76 View citations (916)
     See also Working Paper The Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review of Market Estimates throughout the World, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (914) (2003)

2002

120. Housing price responses to newspaper publicity of hazardous waste sites
     Resource and Energy Economics, 2002, 24, (1-2), 33-51 View citations (13)
121. The Market Value of Reducing Cancer Risk: Hedonic Housing Prices with Changing Information
     Southern Economic Journal, 2002, 69, (2), 266-289 View citations (2)

2001

122. Cigarette Smokers As Job Risk Takers
     The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2001, 83, (2), 269-280 View citations (107)
123. Do Workers Want OSHA's Ergonomics Regulations?
     Journal of Labor Research, 2001, 22, (1), 137-143
124. Jurors, Judges, and the Mistreatment of Risk by the Courts
     The Journal of Legal Studies, 2001, 30, (1), 107-42 View citations (22)
125. The Challenge of Punitive Damages Mathematics
     The Journal of Legal Studies, 2001, 30, (2), 313-50 View citations (8)

2000

126. An Iterative Choice Approach to Valuing Clean Lakes, Rivers, and Streams
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2000, 21, (1), 7-43 View citations (19)
127. Misuses and Proper Uses of Hedonic Values of Life in Legal Contexts
     Journal of Forensic Economics, 2000, 13, (2), 111-125 View citations (2)
128. Private Values Of Risk Tradeoffs At Superfund Sites: Housing Market Evidence On Learning About Risk
     The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2000, 82, (3), 439-451 View citations (124)
129. Risk Equity
     The Journal of Legal Studies, 2000, 29, (2), 843-71 View citations (14)
130. Smoking Risks in Spain: Part I--Perception of Risks to the Smoker
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2000, 21, (2-3), 161-86 View citations (23)
131. Smoking Risks in Spain: Part II--Perceptions of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Externalities
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2000, 21, (2-3), 187-212 View citations (9)
     See also Working Paper Smoking risks in Spain: part II - perceptions of environmental tobacco smoke externalities, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2000) View citations (7) (2000)
132. Smoking Risks in Spain: Part III--Determinants of Smoking Behavior
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2000, 21, (2-3), 213-34 View citations (19)

1999

133. Are Risk Regulators Rational? Evidence from Hazardous Waste Cleanup Decisions
     American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (4), 1010-1027 View citations (76)
134. Hopes and Fears: the Conflicting Effects of Risk Ambiguity
     Theory and Decision, 1999, 47, (2), 157-184 View citations (79)
135. How Do Judges Think about Risk?
     American Law and Economics Review, 1999, 1, (1-2), 26-62 View citations (12)
136. How costly is “clean”? An analysis of the benefits and costs of Superfund site remediations
     Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1999, 18, (1), 2-27 View citations (16)
137. Smoking Status and Public Responses to Ambiguous Scientific Risk Evidence
     Southern Economic Journal, 1999, 66, (2), 250-270
138. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE 1980S CALIFORNIA INSURANCE AND LIABILITY REFORMS
     Risk Management and Insurance Review, 1999, 2, (2), 14-33
139. The Cost-per-Life-Saved Cutoff for Safety-Enhancing Regulations
     Economic Inquiry, 1999, 37, (4), 599-608 View citations (13)
140. The Governmental Composition of the Insurance Costs of Smoking
     Journal of Law and Economics, 1999, 42, (2), 575-609 View citations (10)

1998

141. Alternative approaches to valuing intangible health losses: the evidence for multiple sclerosis1
     Journal of Health Economics, 1998, 17, (4), 475-497 View citations (85)
142. Differences in Subjective Risk Thresholds: Worker Groups as an Example
     Management Science, 1998, 44, (6), 801-811 View citations (4)
143. Estimation Of Revealed Probabilities And Utility Functions For Product Safety Decisions
     The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1998, 80, (1), 28-33 View citations (18)
144. The Courtroom Comes to the Classroom: Estimating Economic Damages as an Instructional Device
     The Journal of Economic Education, 1998, 29, (4), 301-311
145. The Distribution of the Insurance Market Effects of Tort Liability Reforms
     Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1998, 29, (1998 Microeconomics), 55-105 View citations (10)

1997

146. Alarmist Decisions with Divergent Risk Information
     Economic Journal, 1997, 107, (445), 1657-70 View citations (73)
147. Conservative versus Mean Risk Assessments: Implications for Superfund Policies
     Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1997, 34, (3), 187-206 View citations (6)
148. Measures of Mortality Risks
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1997, 14, (3), 213-33 View citations (23)
149. Mortality Risk Perceptions: A Bayesian Reassessment
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1997, 15, (2), 135-50 View citations (33)

1996

150. A Reference Lottery Metric for Valuing Health
     Management Science, 1996, 42, (8), 1118-1130 View citations (49)
151. Alternative Institutional Responses to Aspestos
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1996, 12, (2-3), 147-70
152. Economic Foundations of the Current Regulatory Reform Efforts
     Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996, 10, (3), 119-134 View citations (26)
153. Hazard Communication: Warnings and Risk
     The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1996, 545, (1), 106-115
154. The Risk Management Dilemma
     The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1996, 545, (1), 144-155

1995

155. Carcinogen Regulation: Risk Characteristics and the Synthetic Risk Bias
     American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (2), 50-54 View citations (3)
156. Energy Taxation as a Policy Instrument to Reduce CO2 Emissions: A Net Benefit Analysis
     Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1995, 29, (1), 1-24 View citations (65)
157. Environmental Taxation for Environmental Regulation and Fiscal Policy: An Analysis of a Clinton-Type BTU Tax
     Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1995, 8, (1), 5-22 View citations (2)
158. Government Action, Biases in Risk Perception, and Insurance Decisions
     The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 1995, 20, (1), 93-110 View citations (17)
159. Insurance and catastrophes: The changing role of the liability system
     The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 1995, 20, (2), 177-184 View citations (5)
160. Medical Malpractice Insurance in the Wake of Liability Reform
     The Journal of Legal Studies, 1995, 24, (2), 463-90 View citations (9)
161. Rates of Time Preference and Consumer Valuations of Automobile Safety and Fuel Efficiency
     Journal of Law and Economics, 1995, 38, (1), 79-105 View citations (106)
162. The General-Liability Reform Experiments and the Distribution of Insurance-Market Outcomes
     Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1995, 13, (2), 183-88 View citations (2)
163. The coase theorem in rent-seeking society
     International Review of Law and Economics, 1995, 15, (3), 259-268 View citations (9)
164. Workers' Compensation and Injury Duration: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
     American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (3), 322-40 View citations (162)
     See also Working Paper Workers' Compensation and Injury Duration: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, NBER Working Papers (1990) View citations (5) (1990)

1994

165. Environmentally Responsible Energy Pricing
     The Energy Journal, 1994, Volume15, (Number 2), 23-42 View citations (18)
     Also in The Energy Journal, 1994, 15, (2), 23-42 (1994) View citations (2)
166. Mortality Effects of Regulatory Costs and Policy Evaluation Criteria
     RAND Journal of Economics, 1994, 25, (1), 94-109 View citations (46)
167. Promoting Smokers' Welfare With Responsible Taxation
     National Tax Journal, 1994, 47, (3), 547-58 View citations (2)
168. Risk-Risk Analysis
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1994, 8, (1), 5-17 View citations (7)
169. The Effect of Product Safety Regulation on Safety Precautions
     Risk Analysis, 1994, 14, (6), 917-930 View citations (7)
170. The Fatality and Injury Costs of Expenditures
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1994, 8, (1), 19-41 View citations (6)

1993

171. Income Effects and the Value of Health
     Journal of Human Resources, 1993, 28, (3), 497-518 View citations (23)
172. Product Liability, Research and Development, and Innovation
     Journal of Political Economy, 1993, 101, (1), 161-84 View citations (58)
173. Reinventing rationality: The role of regulatory analysis in the federal bureaucracy, by Thomas O. McGarity. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992, 384 pp. Price: NPA cloth
     Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1993, 12, (2), 399-399
174. Risky business: Genetic testing and exclusionary practices in the hazardous workplace, by Elaine Draper. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991, 315 pp. Price: $49.50 cloth, $15.95 paper
     Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1993, 12, (2), 399-403
175. The Effect of 1980s Tort Reform Legislation on General Liability and Medical Malpractice Insurance
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1993, 6, (2), 165-86 View citations (15)
176. The Risky Business of Insurance Pricing
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1993, 7, (1), 117-39 View citations (3)
177. The Value of Risks to Life and Health
     Journal of Economic Literature, 1993, 31, (4), 1912-46 View citations (342)

1992

178. Bayesian Decisions with Ambiguous Belief Aversion
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1992, 5, (4), 371-87 View citations (45)

1991

179. Age Variations in Risk Perceptions and Smoking Decisions
     The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1991, 73, (4), 577-88 View citations (78)
180. Estimation of State-Dependent Utility Functions Using Survey Data
     The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1991, 73, (1), 94-104 View citations (104)
     See also Working Paper ESTIMATION OF STATE-DEPENDENT UTILITY FUNCTIONS USING SURVEY DATA, 1991 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Manhattan, Kansas (1991) View citations (97) (1991)
181. Pricing environmental health risks: survey assessments of risk-risk and risk-dollar trade-offs for chronic bronchitis
     Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1991, 21, (1), 32-51 View citations (117)
182. Product and Occupational Liability
     Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991, 5, (3), 71-91 View citations (12)
183. The Dimensions of the Product Liability Crisis
     The Journal of Legal Studies, 1991, 20, (1), 147-77 View citations (4)
184. Utility-Based Measures of Health
     American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991, 73, (5), 1422-1427 View citations (6)
     See also Working Paper Utility-Based Measures of Health, 1991 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Manhattan, Kansas (1991) View citations (6) (1991)
185. Worker Learning and Compensating Differentials
     ILR Review, 1991, 45, (1), 80-96 View citations (9)

1990

186. Cigarette Smoking, Seatbelt Use, and Differences in Wage-Risk Tradeoffs
     Journal of Human Resources, 1990, 25, (2), 202-227 View citations (56)
187. Discounting environmental health risks: New evidence and policy implications
     Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1990, 18, (2), S51-S62 View citations (48)
188. Do Smokers Underestimate Risks?
     Journal of Political Economy, 1990, 98, (6), 1253-69 View citations (182)
189. Effectiveness of the EPA's Regulatory Enforcement: The Case of Industrial Effluent Standards
     Journal of Law and Economics, 1990, 33, (2), 331-60 View citations (179)
190. Long-term Environmental Risks
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1990, 3, (4), 311-14 View citations (2)
191. Models for Estimating Discount Rates for Long-term Health Risks Using Labor Market Data
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1990, 3, (4), 381-401 View citations (54)
192. Social Insurance for Work and Product Injuries&ast
     The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 1990, 15, (2), 115-139 View citations (1)
193. Sources of Inconsistency in Societal Responses to Health Risks
     American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (2), 257-61 View citations (17)
194. The Econometric Basis for Estimates of the Value of Life
     Journal of Forensic Economics, 1990, 3, (3), 61-70
195. The Market Response to Product Safety Litigation
     Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1990, 2, (3), 215-30 View citations (19)
196. The Performance of Liability Insurance in States with Different Products-Liability Statutes
     The Journal of Legal Studies, 1990, 19, (2), 809-36 View citations (5)
197. The Value of Life: Has Voodoo Economics Come to the Courts?
     Journal of Forensic Economics, 1990, 3, (3), 1-15
198. Utility Functions That Depend on Health Status: Estimates and Economic Implications
     American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (3), 353-74 View citations (323)

1989

199. Preventing automobile injury: New findings from evaluation research by John D. Graham, ed., Dover, Massachusetts: Auburn House Publishing, 1988, 287 pp. Price: $35 cloth
     Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1989, 8, (4), 676-679
200. Promoting Safety through Workers' Compensation: The Efficacy and Net Wage Costs of Injury Insurance
     RAND Journal of Economics, 1989, 20, (4), 499-515 View citations (24)
201. Prospective Reference Theory: Toward an Explanation of the Paradoxes
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1989, 2, (3), 235-63 View citations (163)
202. Rates of time preference and valuations of the duration of life
     Journal of Public Economics, 1989, 38, (3), 297-317 View citations (69)
203. The Interaction between Product Liability and Workers' Compensation as Ex Post Remedies for Workplace Injuries
     The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1989, 5, (1), 185-210 View citations (2)

1988

204. Consumer Processing of Hazard Warning Information
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1988, 1, (2), 201-32 View citations (17)
205. Editor's Introduction
     Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1988, 1, (2), 139-45
206. Irreversible environmental investments with uncertain benefit levels
     Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1988, 15, (2), 147-157 View citations (6)
207. Pain and suffering in product liability cases: Systematic compensation or capricious awards?
     International Review of Law and Economics, 1988, 8, (2), 203-220 View citations (16)
208. Paired comparison and contingent valuation approaches to morbidity risk valuation
     Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1988, 15, (4), 395-411 View citations (38)
209. Product Liability Litigation with Risk Aversion
     The Journal of Legal Studies, 1988, 17, (1), 101-21 View citations (14)
210. Product Liability and Regulation: Establishing the Appropriate Institutional Division of Labor
     American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (2), 300-304 View citations (9)
211. The Quantity-Adjusted Value of Life
     Economic Inquiry, 1988, 26, (3), 369-88 View citations (78)

1987

212. Altruistic and private valuations of risk reduction
     Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1987, 7, (2), 227-245 View citations (2)
213. An Investigation of the Rationality of Consumer Valuations of Multiple Health Risks
     RAND Journal of Economics, 1987, 18, (4), 465-479 View citations (89)
214. Doubling the estimated value of life: Results using new occupational fatality data
     Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1987, 7, (3), 476-490 View citations (4)
215. Workers' Compensation: Wage Effects, Benefit Inadequacies, and the Value of Health Losses
     The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1987, 69, (2), 249-61 View citations (31)

1986

216. Informational Regulation of Consumer Health Risks: An Empirical Evaluation of Hazard Warnings
     RAND Journal of Economics, 1986, 17, (3), 351-365 View citations (24)
217. Insurance. W. Kip Viscusi, Workers' Compensation Benefits: Adequacy, Equity, and Eficiency, John D. Worrall and David Appel, Editors. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 1985, 198pp. Price: $26.00 cloth
     Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1986, 6, (1), 119-120
218. The Impact of Occupational Safety and Health Regulation, 1973-1983
     RAND Journal of Economics, 1986, 17, (4), 567-580 View citations (17)
219. The Risks and Rewards of Criminal Activity: A Comprehensive Test of Criminal Deterrence
     Journal of Labor Economics, 1986, 4, (3), 317-40 View citations (47)
220. The status of OSHA reform: A comment on mendeloff's proposals
     Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1986, 5, (3), 469-475

1985

221. A Bayesian perspective on biases in risk perception
     Economics Letters, 1985, 17, (1-2), 59-62 View citations (57)
222. Are Individuals Bayesian Decision Makers?
     American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (2), 381-85 View citations (22)
223. Consumer Behavior and the Safety Effects of Product Safety Regulation
     Journal of Law and Economics, 1985, 28, (3), 527-53 View citations (16)
224. Environmental policy choice with an uncertain chance of irreversibility
     Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1985, 12, (1), 28-44 View citations (6)

1984

225. Adaptive Responses to Chemical Labeling: Are Workers Bayesian Decision Makers?
     American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (5), 942-56 View citations (152)
226. Cotton dust regulation: An OSHA success story?
     Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1984, 4, (3), 325-343
227. Economic Contests: Comparative Reward Schemes
     Journal of Labor Economics, 1984, 2, (1), 27-56 View citations (225)
228. Regulating uncertain health hazards when there is changing risk information
     Journal of Health Economics, 1984, 3, (3), 259-273 View citations (2)
229. The Lulling Effect: The Impact of Child-Resistant Packaging on Aspirin and Analgesic Ingestions
     American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (2), 324-27 View citations (34)

1983

230. Employment Relationships with Joint Employer and Worker Experimentation
     International Economic Review, 1983, 24, (2), 313-22 View citations (2)
231. Frameworks for Analyzing the Effects of Risk and Environmental Regulations on Productivity
     American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (4), 793-801 View citations (27)

1982

232. Presidential oversight: Controlling the regulators
     Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1982, 2, (2), 157-173
233. THE INFORMATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR EFFECTIVE REGULATORY REVIEW: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EPA LEAD STANDARD
     Review of Policy Research, 1982, 1, (4), 686-691

1981

234. Bernoulli two-armed bandits with geometric termination
     Stochastic Processes and their Applications, 1981, 11, (1), 35-45 View citations (2)

1980

235. A Theory of Job Shopping: A Bayesian Perspective
     The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1980, 94, (3), 609-614 View citations (25)
236. Imperfect job risk information and optimal workmen's compensation benefits
     Journal of Public Economics, 1980, 14, (3), 319-337 View citations (4)
237. Self-Selection, Learning-Induced Quits, and the Optimal Wage Structure
     International Economic Review, 1980, 21, (3), 529-46 View citations (4)
238. Sex Differences in Worker Quitting
     The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1980, 62, (3), 388-98 View citations (46)

1979

239. Insurance and Individual Incentives in Adaptive Contexts
     Econometrica, 1979, 47, (5), 1195-1207 View citations (9)
240. Job Hazards and Worker Quit Rates: An Analysis of Adaptive Worker Behavior
     International Economic Review, 1979, 20, (1), 29-58 View citations (37)
241. The Impact of Occupational Safety and Health Regulation
     Bell Journal of Economics, 1979, 10, (1), 117-140 View citations (43)

1978

242. A Note on "Lemons" Markets with Quality Certification
     Bell Journal of Economics, 1978, 9, (1), 277-279 View citations (73)
243. Wealth Effects and Earnings Premiums for Job Hazards
     The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1978, 60, (3), 408-16 View citations (44)

1976

244. Environmental policy choice under uncertainty
     Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1976, 3, (2), 97-112 View citations (1)

Books

2018

1. Economics of Regulation and Antitrust, fifth edition, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (28)

2005

2. Economics of Regulation and Antitrust, 4th Edition, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (147)

2002

3. Smoke-Filled Rooms
   University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (2)

2001

4. Product Liability Entering the Twenty-First Century: The U.S. Perspective
   Books, American Enterprise Institute View citations (1)

1999

5. Calculating Risks?: The Spatial and Political Dimensions of Hazardous Waste Policy, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (49)

1998

6. Rational Risk Policy: The 1996 Arne Ryde Memorial Lectures
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (49)

1996

7. Fatal Tradeoffs: Public and Private Responsibilities for Risk
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (10)

1993

8. Product-Risk Labeling
   Books, American Enterprise Institute View citations (2)

1992

9. Informational Approaches to Regulation, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (36)

1984

10. Regulating Consumer Product Safety
    Books, American Enterprise Institute View citations (3)

Edited books

2004

1. Classics in Risk Management, vol Two volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (1)

Chapters

2023

1. Compensating Differentials for Occupational Health and Safety Risks: Implications of Recent Evidence
   A chapter in 50th Celebratory Volume, 2023, vol. 50, pp 83-116 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Compensating Differentials for Occupational Health and Safety Risks: Implications of Recent Evidence, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2022) (2022)
2. Nudges versus financial incentives
   Chapter 11 in Research Handbook on Nudges and Society, 2023, pp 189-208

2015

3. The heterogeneity of the value of statistical life: evidence and policy implications
   Chapter 4 in Benefit–Cost Analyses for Security Policies, 2015, pp 78-116

2013

4. Empirical analysis of tort damages
   Chapter 18 in Research Handbook on the Economics of Torts, 2013, pp 460-485
5. Towards principles and standards for the benefit–cost analysis of safety
   Chapter 5 in Principles and Standards for Benefit–Cost Analysis, 2013, pp 172-193 View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Towards Principles and Standards for the Benefit-Cost Analysis of Safety, De Gruyter (2011) View citations (3) (2011)

2010

6. Tobacco Regulation through Litigation: The Master Settlement Agreement
   A chapter in Regulation vs. Litigation: Perspectives from Economics and Law, 2010, pp 71-101
   See also Working Paper Tobacco Regulation through Litigation: The Master Settlement Agreement, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (4) (2009)

2007

7. Regulation of Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks
   Elsevier View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper Regulation of Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (6) (2006)

2006

8. Quantifying and Valuing Environmental Health Risks
   Chapter 20 in Handbook of Environmental Economics, 2006, vol. 2, pp 1029-1103 View citations (2)

1998

9. Organizational Form and Insurance Company Performance: Stocks versus Mutuals
   A chapter in The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance, 1998, pp 167-192 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Organizational Form and Insurance Company Performance: Stocks versus Mutuals, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1995) View citations (3) (1995)

1995

10. Cigarette Taxation and the Social Consequences of Smoking
    A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 9, 1995, pp 51-102 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper Cigarette Taxation and the Social Consequences of Smoking, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1994) View citations (17) (1994)

1994

11. Health and Safety Regulation
    A chapter in American Economic Policy in the 1980s, 1994, pp 453-518 View citations (1)

1986

12. Market Incentives for Criminal Behavior
    A chapter in The Black Youth Employment Crisis, 1986, pp 301-351 View citations (27)

1985

13. The Structure of Uncertainty and the Use of Nontransferable Pensions as a Mobility-Reduction Device
    A chapter in Pensions, Labor, and Individual Choice, 1985, pp 223-252 View citations (6)

Editor

1. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
   Springer