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100			_aRoberts, P.S., Velotti, L. and Wernstedt, K. _929621
245			_aHow public managers make tradeoffs regarding lives: Evidence from a flood planning survey experiment
260			_aAdministration & Society
300			_a53(4), Apr, 2021: p.496-526
520			_aPublic managers make decisions that may directly or indirectly affect the loss of human life, but there are few empirical analyses of whether and how public managers make tradeoffs among lives and other goods. We survey local government managers in the United States about tradeoffs using a vignette experiment with hypothetical flood scenarios. We find that managers make tradeoffs regarding lives saved compared with other features of the scenario, including project cost and property damage. Public works managers show a greater aversion to fatalities, while city managers and planners appear less averse. Our study also finds evidence of an equity preference. – Reproduced
650			_aTradeoffs, Ethics, Value of life, Emergency management, Public managers, Public works, flood planning, disasters _927788
773			_aAdministration & Society
906			_aCIVIL SERVANTS
942			_cAR