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Research article summary:
Investing in safety an analytical precautionary principle.
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PROBLEM: Governments and businesses must respond to increasing safety requirements and balance the associated costs with productivity and competing pressures. METHOD: A real options approach has been introduced for decision making in the private sector; ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002
in Journal: J Safety Res
(Language : eng)
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1. J Safety Res.
2002 ;33(2):165-74
Investing in safety an analytical precautionary principle.
Farrow S, Hayakawa H
Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, USA. farrows@gao.gov
PROBLEM: Governments and businesses must respond to increasing safety requirements and balance the associated costs with productivity and competing pressures. METHOD: A real options approach has been introduced for decision making in the private sector; this approach is adapted for regulatory decisions that can involve irreversible and uncertain safety impacts, social costs that differ from private costs, and differences in perception among the stakeholders. RESULT AND IMPACT ON INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT: The outcome is an economic decision gage that determines if it is optimal to invest in safety even if the estimated costs significantly exceed the estimated benefits. Applications potentially include safety decisions related to aviation, ground transportation, pipelines, nuclear facilities, natural disaster planning, and terrorism, among others.
PMID : 12216444 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Scott | Farrow | S |
| Hiroshi | Hayakawa | H |
Affiliation: Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, USA. farrows@gao.gov
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Category links from this article:- Cost-Benefit Analysis - methods
- Costs and Cost Analysis - methods
- Decision Making
- Environmental Health
- Government
- Humans
- Policy Making
- Probability
- Public Health
- Risk Management - methods
- Safety
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