TY - BOOK AU - Machina,Mark J. AU - Viscusi,W.Kip TI - Handbook of the economics of risk and uncertainty T2 - Handbooks in economics SN - 9780444536853 (v.1) U1 - 338.5 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Oxford, UK : PB - North-Holland KW - Risk assessment KW - Mathematical models KW - Risk KW - Uncertainty N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Vol. 1: 1. Axiomatic foundations of expected utility and subjective probability / Edi Karni -- 2. Rationality and dynamic consistency under risk and uncertainty / Peter J. Hammond and Horst Zank -- 3. The theory of risk and risk aversion / Jack Meyer -- 4. Assessment and estimation of risk preferences / Charles A. Holt and Susan K. Laury -- 5. Insurance and insurance markets / Georges Dionne and Scott E. Harrington -- 6. Uncertainty and imperfect information in markets / Benjamin E. Hermalin -- 7. The value of individual and societal risks to life and health / W. Kip Viscusi -- 8. Economic analysis of risk and uncertainty induced by health shocks : a review and extension / Tomas J. Philipson and George Zanjani -- 9. Regulating occupational and product risks / Thomas J. Kniesner and John D. Leeth -- 10. Environmental risk and uncertainty / Joseph E. Aldy and W. Kip Viscusi -- 11. Economics of natural catastrophe risk insurance / Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan -- 12. Non-expected utility models under objective uncertainty / John Quiggin -- 13. Ambiguity and ambiguity aversion / Mark J. Machina and Marciano Siniscalchi -- 14. Choice under uncertainty : empirical methods and experimental results / John D. Hey-- Appendix-- References-- Index N2 - Detailed surveys examine risk and uncertainty, from classical and foundational work through current developments. Presents coherent summaries of risk and uncertainty that inform major areas in economics and finance ER -