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Analysis of Risks to Life and Limb

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  • Samuel E. Bodily

    (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia)

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Industrial safety, environmental and health planning, energy policy, and many other areas of public and private management require the comparison of risks to life and limb and the allocation of resources to competing risk-reducing activities. Several issues that must be taken into consideration in evaluating alternatives affecting life and limb are described. A methodology employing multiattribute decision analysis is developed to account for these issues in a consistent way. The methodology combines analysis of an individuals willingness to pay to reduce risks to himself with collective analysis of the value of reducing risks to others. Illustrative applications of the methodology are provided.

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  • Samuel E. Bodily, 1980. "Analysis of Risks to Life and Limb," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 28(1), pages 156-175, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:28:y:1980:i:1:p:156-175
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.28.1.156
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    1. Ried, Walter, 1996. "QALYs versus HYEs - What's Right and What's Wrong," Discussion Papers 544, Institut fuer Volkswirtschaftslehre und Statistik, Abteilung fuer Volkswirtschaftslehre.
    2. Mark R. Leach & Yacov Y. Haimes, 1987. "Multiobjective Risk‐Impact Analysis Method," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 7(2), pages 225-241, June.
    3. Ried, Walter, 1998. "QALYs versus HYEs--what's right and what's wrong. A review of the controversy," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 17(5), pages 607-625, October.
    4. L. Robin Keller & Rakesh K. Sarin, 1988. "Equity in Social Risk: Some Empirical Observations," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 8(1), pages 135-146, March.

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