The economics of environmental risk : information, perception and valuation /

"Featuring real world examples of how risk information affects public choices, The Economics of Environmental Risk expertly demonstrates that policy makers need to consider how people learn about those risks. Offering insights into examples such as hazardous waste, radon, smoking, hurricanes an...

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Main Author: Smith, V. K. (Author)
Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022
Subjects:
Environmental risk assessment > Government policy.
Risk management > Decision making.
Risk management > Sociological aspects.
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ISBN:9781035301614 (e-book)
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents: I. Setting the stage
  • 1. 'Introducing the economics of environmental risk', december 2022
  • II. Valuing environmental risk reductions
  • 2. 'The valuation of environmental risks and hazardous waste policy' / with William H. Desvousges, Land Economics, 64 (3), August, 1988, 211-219.
  • 3. 'An empirical analysis of the economic value of risk changes', / with William H. Desvousges, Journal of Political Economy, 95 (1), February, 1987, 89-114.
  • 4. 'The welfare cost of uncertainty in policy outcomes', / with Edward E. Schlee, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 98, September, 2019, 1-12
  • 5. 'Complementarity and the measurement of individual risk tradeoffs: Accounting for quantity and quality of life effects', / with Mary F. Evans, Environmental and Resource Economics, 41, November, 2008, 381-400
  • 6. 'Vsl reconsidered: What do labor supply estimates reveal about risk preferences?' / with Subhrendu K. Pattanayak and George L. Van Houtven, Economics Letters, 80 (2), 2003, 147-153
  • Iii. Risk perception and context.
  • 7. 'How do risk perceptions respond to information? The case of radon', / with F. Reed Johnson, Review of Economics and Statistics, 70 (1), February, 1988, 1-8 105
  • 8. 'Subjective versus technical risk estimates: Do risk communication policies increase consistency?', / with William H. Desvousges, Economics Letters, 31, December, 1989, 287-291
  • 9. 'Risk communication and attitude change: Taiwan's national debate over nuclear power', / with Jin Tan Liu, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 3, December, 1990, 331-349
  • 10. 'Information, addiction, and "bad choices": Lessons from a century of cigarettes', / with Frank A. Sloan and Donald H. Taylor, Jr., Economics Letters, 77, September, 2002, 147-155
  • 11. 'Longevity expectations and death: Can people predict their own demise?' / with Donald H. Taylor, Jr. and Frank A. Sloan, American Economic Review, 91 (4), September, 2001, 1126-1134
  • Iv. Do risk information programs 'work'?
  • 12. 'Learning about radon's risk', / with William H. Desvousges, Ann Fisher and F. Reed Johnson, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1, June, 1988, 233-258
  • 13. 'Can public information programs affect risk perceptions?' / with William H. Desvousges, F. Reed Johnson and Ann Fisher, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 9 (1), Fall, 1990, 41-59
  • 14. 'Do risk information programs promote mitigating behavior?', / with William H. Desvousges and John W. Payne, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 10, May, 1995 203-221
  • 15. 'Communicating radon risks effectively: The maryland experience', / with William H. Desvousges and Hiller H. Rink III, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, 11 (1) Fall, 1992, 68-78
  • 16. 'Terrorist threats, information disclosures, and consumer sovereignty', / with Carol Mansfield and H. Allen Klaiber, Information Economics and Policy, 25, December, 2013, 225-234
  • V. Behavioral responses to risk
  • 17. 'The value of avoiding a lulu: Hazardous waste disposal sites', / with William H. Desvousges, Review of Economics and Statistics, 68 (2), May, 1986, 293-299
  • 18. 'Risk communication and the value of information: Radon as a case study', / with William H. Desvousges, Review of Economics and Statistics, 72 (1), February, 1990, 137-142
  • 19. 'Do smokers respond to health shocks?', / with Donald H. Taylor, Jr., Frank A. Sloan, F. Reed Johnson and William H. Desvousges, Review of Economics and Statistics, 83 (4), November, 2001, 675-687
  • 20. 'Valuing a homeland security policy: Countermeasures for the threats from shoulder mounted missiles', / with Carol Mansfield and Laurel Clayton, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 38, June, 2009, 215-243
  • 21. 'Adjusting to natural disasters', / with Jared C. Carbone, Jaren C. Pope, Daniel G. Hallstrom, and Michael E. Darden, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 33, 2006, 37-54
  • 22. 'Who lives in flood prone areas?', / with Ben Whitmore, 2022
  • Vi. Policy design for risks
  • 23. 'Can environmental bonds manage policy-induced risks?' / Prepared for the Environment Canada Research Network through the University of Ottawa, October 2014
  • 24. 'Pre-positioned policy as public adaptation to climate change', June 2010.

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