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Downside Risk Aversion vs Decreasing Absolute Risk Aversion: An Intuitive Exposition - James Hammitt
September 2022, Paper: "Downside risk aversion (downside RA) and decreasing absolute risk aversion (DARA) are different concepts that describe preferences for which the harm from…
April 21, 2021, Opinion: "Which efforts should we collectively undertake to decrease emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases? One answer is that any action…
Introduction to Special Issue on Risk Assessment, Economic Evaluation, and Decisions - James Hammitt
April 2021, Paper: "Integrating risk assessment, economic evaluation, and uncertainty to inform policy decisions is a core challenge to risk analysis. In September 2019, the…
January 2021, Paper: "Environmental, transportation, occupational, and other regulations that reduce fatality risk are frequently evaluated using benefit-cost analysis (BCA). We…
June 17, 2020, Paper, "Benefit-cost analysis (BCA) is often viewed as measuring the efficiency of a policy independent of the distribution of its consequences. The role of…
Conducting Benefit-Cost Analysis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Introduction to the Special Issue. Lisa Robinson, James Hammitt, 2019, Paper, "Investing in global health and…
Assessing the Distribution of Impacts in Global Benefit‐Cost Analysis. Lisa A. Robinson, James K. Hammitt, October 2017, Paper, "There…
Attention to Distribution in U.S. Regulatory Analyses. Lisa Robinson, James Hammitt, Richard Zeckhauser, Summer 2016, Paper, "Scholars, decision makers, interest groups…
Positive and Normative Justifications for BCA: Implications for Conduct & Interpretation. James Hammitt, 2012, Paper. "What is the rationale for benefit-cost analysis (BCA)?…