Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ357363
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Economics and Disasters.
Old, J. L.
Economics, v23 n98 pt2 p9-10 Sum 1987
Discusses the way in which safety is measured in commercial terms. Focuses on costs, in time and money, of repair after an accident, the implied value of life such estimates carry, and the necessity to equalize the marginal costs of equivalent benefits. (AEM)
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Cost Estimates, Economic Factors, Economic Research, Economics, Safety, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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