Asthma is a non-communicable and non-curable lung disease that is associated with an array of environmental contaminants and chemicals. Many of these hazards are subject to regulation, or may be considered for regulation, in order to reduce exposures and prevent human health risks. However, the...

The aim of this article is to analyze the behavior of a consumer towards a current good whose consumption generates a health risk occurring soon after, such as a risk of food poisoning related to the presence of harmful elements. Starting from a simple model, in which the function of individual...

The acknowledgement of the economic and social weight of the natural assets used for recreational use naturally resulted in the question of their valuation. The Contingent Valuation Method and the Travel Cost Method appeared as the main ways of estimating the benefits connected with a non-trade...

This paper explores how people involved in recreational fishing mitigate shellfishrelated health risks. Since self-protection activities are possible to reduce the probability of illness, they provide the basis for empirical estimation of the value of risk change. The probability of illness...

La pêche à pied est une activité récréative importante pour les zones littorales, notamment de l'Ouest de la France, mais mal connue. L'analyse des réactions des pêcheurs à pied face aux risques encourus par des changements de qualité des eaux permet de fonder une estimation de la...

This paper assesses the value of health risks related to recreational shellfish harvesting. Combining revealed and stated preferences data from an on-site survey and using a pseudo-panel approach shows that people significantly value health risks. The combination of stated and revealed...