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- Title
Book Reviews.
- Abstract
Armon Rezai of Vienna University of Economics and Business reviews "Worst-Case Economics: Extreme Events in Climate and Finance," by Frank Ackerman. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: "Presents the case that the value of a statistical life (VSL) is an economically sound and ethically responsible approach that also has a broader role to play in serving as the societal guidepost for valuing fatality risks, using economic analysis that recognizes the limits society faces in terms of the affordable level of safety."
- Subjects
WORST-Case Economics: Extreme Events in Climate &; Finance (Book); ACKERMAN, Frank; ECONOMICS; NONFICTION
- Publication
Journal of Economic Literature, 2019, Vol 57, Issue 1, p185
- ISSN
0022-0515
- Publication type
Book Review
- DOI
10.1257/jel.57.1.180.r4