W. Kip Viscusi

Publications

• A Balanced Prescription for More Effective Environmental Regulations
  40 PACE ENVTL. L. REV. 475 (2023) · Pace Environmental Law Review · 2023
• The Locale and Damages of Fatal Policing
  99 DENV. L. REV. 37 (2022) · Denver Law Review · 2022
• Efficient Ethical Principles for Making Fatal Choices
  96 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1461 (2021) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2021
• A Regulatory Policy Strategy for Protecting Immigrant Workers
  51 SETON HALL L. REV. (2021) · Seton Hall Law Review · 2021
• The Specific Consumer Expectations Test for Product Defects
  95 IND. L.J. (2020) · Indiana Law Journal · 2020

• Medical Malpractice Reform: What Works and What Doesn't
  96 DENV. L. REV. 775 (2019) · Denver Law Review · 2019
• The Fatal Failure of the Regulatory State
  60 WM. & MARY L. REV. 589 (2018) · William & Mary Law Review · 2018
• Pricing Lives for Corporate Risk Decisions
  68 VAND. L. REV. 1117 (2015) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2015
• Regulating Ambiguous Risks: The Less than Rational Regulation of Pharmaceuticals
  44 J. LEGAL STUD. (2015) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2015
• Assessing the Insurance Role of Tort Liability After Calabresi
  77 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 135 (2014) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2014
• The Benefits of Mortality Risk Reduction: Happiness Surveys vs. the Value of a Statistical Life
  62 DUKE L.J. 1735 (2013) · Duke Law Journal · 2013
• Deterring and Compensating Oil-Spill Catastrophes: The Need for Strict and Two-Tier Liability
  64 VAND. L. REV. 1715 (2011) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2011

• Rational Discounting for Regulatory Analysis
  74 U. CHI. L. REV. (2007) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2007
• An Empirical Assessment of Early Offer Reform for Medical Malpractice
  36 J. LEGAL STUD. (2007) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2007
• Monetizing the Benefits of Risk and Environmental Regulation
  33 FORDHAM URB. L.J. 1003 (2006) · Fordham Urban Law Journal · 2006
• Recollection Bias and the Combat of Terrorism
  34 J. LEGAL STUD. (2005) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2005
• Punitive Damages: How Judges and Juries Perform
  33 J. LEGAL STUD. (2004) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2004
• Juries, Hindsight, and Punitive Damages Awards: Reply to Richard Lempert
  51 DEPAUL L. REV. 987 (2002) · DePaul Law Review · 2002
• Jurors, Judges, and the Mistreatment of Risk by the Courts
  30 J. LEGAL STUD. (2001) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2001
• The Challenge of Punitive Damages Mathematics
  30 J. LEGAL STUD. (2001) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2001
• Risk Equity
  29 J. LEGAL STUD. (2000) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2000

• The Governmental Composition of the Insurance Costs of Smoking
  42 J. L. & ECON. (1999) · Journal of Law and Economics · 1999
• Constructive Cigarette Regulation
  47 DUKE L.J. 1095 (1998) · Duke Law Journal · 1998
• Regulating the Regulators
  63 U. CHI. L. REV. (1996) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1996
• Rates of Time Preference and Consumer Valuations of Automobile Safety and Fuel Efficiency
  38 J. L. & ECON. (1995) · Journal of Law and Economics · 1995
• Medical Malpractice Insurance in the Wake of Liability Reform
  24 J. LEGAL STUD. (1995) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1995
• The National Implications of Liability Reforms for General Liability and Medical Malpractice Insurance
  24 SETON HALL L. REV. (1994) · Seton Hall Law Review · 1994
• Deterring Inefficient Pharmaceutical Litigation: An Economic Rationale for the FDA Regulatory Compliance Defense
  24 SETON HALL L. REV. (1994) · Seton Hall Law Review · 1994
• A Statistical Profile of Pharmaceutical Industry Liability, 1976-1989
  24 SETON HALL L. REV. (1994) · Seton Hall Law Review · 1994
• Human Health Risk Assessment for Superfund
  21 ECOLOGY L. Q. 573 (1994) · Ecology Law Quarterly · 1994
• Review Article
  90 MICH. L. REV. 1634 (1992) · Michigan Law Review · 1992
• The Dimensions of the Product Liability Crisis
  20 J. LEGAL STUD. (1991) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1991
• The Performance of Liability Insurance in States with Different Products-Liability Statutes
  19 J. LEGAL STUD. (1990) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1990
• Effectiveness of the EPA's Regulatory Enforcement: The Case of Industrial Effluent Standards
  33 J. L. & ECON. (1990) · Journal of Law and Economics · 1990

• Product Liability Litigation with Risk Aversion
  17 J. LEGAL STUD. (1988) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1988
• Regulatory Economics in the Courts: An Analysis of Judge Scalia’s NHTSA Bumper Decision
  50 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 17 (1987) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1987
• The Structure and Enforcement of Job Safety Regulation
  49 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 127 (1986) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1986
• The Determinants of the Disposition of Product Liability Claims and Compensation for Bodily Injury
  15 J. LEGAL STUD. (1986) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1986
• Consumer Behavior and the Safety Effects of Product Safety Regulation
  28 J. L. & ECON. (1985) · Journal of Law and Economics · 1985
• Alternative Approaches to Valuing the Health Impacts of Accidents: Liability Law and Prospective Evaluations
  46 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 49 (1983) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1983