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Handbook of the Economics of Risk and Uncertainty
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Handbook of the Economics of Risk and Uncertainty

by Mark Machina, W. Kip Viscusi
November 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
896 pages
35h 10m
English
North Holland
Content preview from Handbook of the Economics of Risk and Uncertainty
Thomas J. Kniesner and John D. Leeth
548
Ruser (1998) 1992 Individual injury
reports of a nation-
ally representative
cross section of lost-
workday cases
BLS
Relative probabilities
of back sprains, car-
pal tunnel syndrome
(CTS), cuts and lacera-
tions, and fractures.
(1) Income replacement
rate
(2) Length of the waiting
period
(3) Workers can freely
choose their own doctor
Higher (1) raises the fraction of
CTS relative to cuts and frac-
tures. Modest impact on back
sprains relative to cuts and lac-
erations and fractures. Increases
the reporting of injuries of all
types on Monday. Lower (2)
raises CTS relative to cuts and
fractures and increases sprains ...
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