A Discussion about Economic Theory Used in Safety Investment of Petrochemical Enterprises

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Petrochemical industry plays a vital role in the world's economic development. However, companies are still faced with a great number of economic loss and a lot of safety investment activities, thus, it needs to study and discuss the theories and methods of safety economics so as to guide economic activities and make enterprises gain the greatest safety benefits. This article is in the view of economics and from the perspective of safety investment, which analyzed the importance, characteristics, categories of safety investment and establish a safety investment model. Companies should seek a way to make full use of economic resources and carry out different safety investment policies according to different production methods.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 989-994)

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5217-5220

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July 2014

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