If the risk associated with a particular outcome is ________, or the value of a particular outcome is ________, then cost-benefit analysis might lead people to take precautions that are not cost-justified

A) overestimated, overestimated
B) overestimated; underestimated
C) underestimated; overestimated
D) underestimated; underestimated


B

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