The Economics of Environmental Risk

V. K. Smith

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Featuring real world examples of how risk information affects public choices, The Economics of Environmental Risk expertly demonstrates that policymakers need to consider how people learn about those risks. Offering insights into examples such as hazardous waste, radon, smoking, hurricanes and terrorist threats over the past four decades, this intuitive book illustrates environmental risks and the choices made to mitigate the potential effects.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Environment; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
ISBN: 9781858985251
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introducing The Economics of Environmental Risk , pp 2-28

V. Kerry Smith

Ch 2 The Valuation of Environmental Risks and Hazardous Waste Policy , pp 30-38

V. Kerry Smith and William H. Desvousges

Ch 3 An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Value of Risk Changes , pp 39-64

V. Kerry Smith and William H. Desvousges

Ch 4 The welfare cost of uncertainity in policy outcomes , pp 65-76

Edward Schlee and V. Kerry Smith

Ch 5 Complementary and the measurement of Individual Risk Tradeoffs: Accounting for Quantity and Quality of Life Effects , pp 77-96

Mary Evans and V. Kerry Smith

Ch 6 VSL Reconsidered: What do Labor Supply Estimates Reveal about Risk Preferences? , pp 97-103

V. Kerry Smith, Subhrendu K. Pattanyak and George L. Van Houtven

Ch 7 How Do Risk Perceptions Respond to Information? The Case of Radon , pp 105-112

V. Kerry Smith and F. Reed Johnson

Ch 8 Subjective Versus Technical Risk Estimates: Do Risk Communication Policies Increase Consistency? , pp 113-117

V. Kerry Smith and William H. Desvousges

Ch 9 Risk Communication and Attitude Change: Taiwan's National Debate Over Nuclear Power , pp 118-136

Jin-Tan Liu and V. Kerry Smith

Ch 10 Information, Addiction, and 'Bad Choices': Lessons from a Century of Cigarettes , pp 137-145

Frank A. Sloan, V. Kerry Smith and Donald H. Taylor

Ch 11 Longevity Expectations and Death: Can People Predict Their Own Demise? , pp 146-154

V. Kerry Smith, Donald H. Taylor and Frank A. Sloan

Ch 12 Learning About Radon's Risk , pp 156-181

V. Kerry Smith, William H. Desvousges, Ann Fisher and F. Reed Johnson

Ch 13 Can Public Information Programs Affect Risk Perceptions? , pp 182-200

V. Kerry Smith, William H. Desvousges, F. Reed Johnson and Ann Fisher

Ch 14 Do Risk Information Programs Promote Mitigating Behavior? , pp 201-219

V. Kerry Smith, William H. Desvousges and John W. Payne

Ch 15 Communicating Radon Risks Effectively: The Maryland Experience , pp 220-230

William H. Desvousges, V. Kerry Smith and Hillery H. Rink

Ch 16 Terrorist threats, information disclosures, and consumer sovereignty , pp 231-240

V. Kerry Smith, Carol Mansfield and Henry Klaiber

Ch 17 The Value of Avoiding a LULU: Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites , pp 242-248

V. Kerry Smith and William H. Desvousges

Ch 18 Risk Communication and the Value of Information: Radon as a Case Study , pp 249-254

V. Kerry Smith and William H. Desvousges

Ch 19 Do Smokers Respond to Health Shocks? , pp 255-267

V. Kerry Smith, Donald H. Taylor, Frank A. Sloan, F. Reed Johnson and William H. Desvousges

Ch 20 Valuing a homeland security policy: Countermeasures for the threats from shoulder mounted missiles , pp 268-296

V. Kerry Smith, Carol Mansfield and Laurel Clayton

Ch 21 Adjusting to natural disasters , pp 297-314

V. Kerry Smith, Jared C. Carbone, Jaren C. Pope, Daniel G. Hallstrom and Michael E. Darden

Ch 22 Who lives in flood prone areas? , pp 315-330

V. Kerry Smith and Ben Whitmore

Ch 23 Can environmental bonds manage policy-induced risks? , pp 332-365

V. Kerry Smith

Ch 24 Pre‚ÄêPositioned Policy as Public Adaptation to Climate Change , pp 366-384

V. Kerry Smith

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