Document Type
Article
Publication Title
The Journal of Legal Studies
Publication Date
2000
Page Number
843
Keywords
risk assessment, risk management, health risk assessment, risk taking
Disciplines
Law
Abstract
Risk equity serves as the purported rationale for a wide range of inefficient policy practices, such as the concern that hypothetical individual risks not be too great. This paper proposes an alternative risk equity concept in terms of equitable tradeoffs rather than equity in risk levels. Equalizing the cost per life saved across policy contexts will save additional lives and will give fair treatment to risks arising in a variety of domains. Equitable tradeoffs will also benefit minorities who currently are disadvantaged by politically based inefficient policies.
Recommended Citation
W. Kip Viscusi,
Risk Equity, 29 The Journal of Legal Studies. 843
(2000)
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