W. Kip Viscusi

W. Kip Viscusi

Vanderbilt University

H-index: 108

North America-United States

About W. Kip Viscusi

W. Kip Viscusi, With an exceptional h-index of 108 and a recent h-index of 42 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Vanderbilt University, specializes in the field of regulation, health and safety, law and economics, tort liability, risk and uncertainty.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

A Tale of the Tails: The Value of a Statistical Life at the Tails of the Age Distribution

From the Cover

A Bayesian analysis of e‐cigarette risk perceptions in the United Kingdom

Leveraging public support for gun laws to reduce mass shootings

A Constitutional False Claims Act

Promoting Equity through Equitable Risk Tradeoffs

The social discount rate: legal and philosophical underpinnings

VSL and Labor Market Competition

W. Kip Viscusi Information

University

Position

University Distinguished Professor of Law Economics and Management

Citations(all)

45553

Citations(since 2020)

8347

Cited By

40261

hIndex(all)

108

hIndex(since 2020)

42

i10Index(all)

353

i10Index(since 2020)

192

Email

University Profile Page

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W. Kip Viscusi Skills & Research Interests

regulation

health and safety

law and economics

tort liability

risk and uncertainty

Top articles of W. Kip Viscusi

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

A Tale of the Tails: The Value of a Statistical Life at the Tails of the Age Distribution

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper

Thomas J Kniesner

W Kip Viscusi

2024/3/12

From the Cover

Regulation

Jonathan Gruber

W Kip Viscusi

Thomas A Firey

Gio Batta Gori

Michael F Gorman

...

2024

A Bayesian analysis of e‐cigarette risk perceptions in the United Kingdom

Southern Economic Journal

W Kip Viscusi

2024/1

Leveraging public support for gun laws to reduce mass shootings

University of Illinois Law Review

W Kip Viscusi

Kyle J Blasinsky

2024

A Constitutional False Claims Act

Washington University Law Review

Benjamin J McMichael

Mackenzi Barrett

W Kip Viscusi

2024/4/1

Promoting Equity through Equitable Risk Tradeoffs

Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis

Thomas J Kniesner

W Kip Viscusi

2023/3

The social discount rate: legal and philosophical underpinnings

W Kip Viscusi

2023/11/1

VSL and Labor Market Competition

Regulation

Thomas J Kniesner

W Kip Viscusi

2023

Climate damages, globalism, and federal regulation

Regulation

Arthur Fraas

John D Graham

Kerry Krutilla

Randall Lutter

Jason Shogren

...

2023

Differences by Race and Ethnicity in Title IX’s Effect on Women’s Health

Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis

Delaney Beck

Joni Hersch

W Kip Viscusi

2023/10

The global COVID-19 mortality cost report card: 2020, 2021, and 2022

Plos one

W Kip Viscusi

2023/5/11

The misapplication of the major questions doctrine to emerging risks

Hous. L. Rev.

Elissa Gentry

W Kip Viscusi

2023

50th Celebratory Volume

Solomon W Polachek

Konstantinos Tatsiramos

2023/1/23

The locus of dread for mass shooting risks: Distinguishing alarmist risk beliefs from risk preferences

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Rachel E Dalafave

W Kip Viscusi

2023/4

Seven recommendations for pricing greenhouse gas emissions

Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis

Arthur G Fraas

John D Graham

Kerry M Krutilla

Randall Lutter

Jason F Shogren

...

2023/7

How regulations undervalue occupational fatalities

Regulation & Governance

W Kip Viscusi

Robert J Cramer

2023/1

Using Objective Characteristics to Target Household Recycling Policies

Env't L. Rep.

Joel Huber

W Kip Viscusi

Jason Bell

2023

Compensating differentials for occupational health and safety risks: Implications of recent evidence

Thomas J Kniesner

W Kip Viscusi

2023/1/23

When Patients are Assailants: Valuing Occupational Risks in Health Care

Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis

Elissa P Gentry

W Kip Viscusi

2023/7

Market Versus Policy Responses to Novel Occupational Risks

Market Versus Policy Responses to Novel Occupational Risks (December 27, 2023)

Robert J Cramer

Elissa Philip Gentry

W Kip Viscusi

2023/12/27

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