Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. How Pricing Lives Saves Lives 1
5. How the Government Values Risks to Life 23
6. The Hazards of Corporate Valuations of Product Risks 45
7. Corporate Risk Analyses and Regulatory Sanctions 70
8. The devaluation of life 90
9. Should there be preferential treatment of the rich? 114
10. Promoting risk equity through equitable risk tradeoffs 139
11. Fine- tuning the selection of the pertinent VSL 160
12. How the courts value lives 190
13. Setting safety guideposts for private and public institutions 218
14. Notes 231
15. Index 261