Search Results - subject:"value of a statistical life."

The cost-effectiveness of armored tactical wheeled vehicles for overseas US Army operations

Rohlfs, Chris; Sullivan, Ryan - In: Defence and peace economics 24 (2013) 4, pp. 293-316

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Demand for health risk reductions

Cameron, Trudy Ann; DeShazo, J. R. - In: Journal of environmental economics and management : … 65 (2013) 1, pp. 87-109

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Urban Environmental Health and Sensitive Populations: How Much are the Italians Willing to Pay to Reduce Their Risks?

Alberini, Anna; Chiabai, Aline - 2005

We use contingent valuation to elicit WTP for a reduction in the risk of dying for cardiovascular and respiratory causes, the most important causes of premature mortality associated with heat wave and air pollution, among the Italian public. The purpose of this study is three-fold. First, we...

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Urban Environmental Health and Sensitive Populations: How Much are the Italians Willing to Pay to Reduce Their Risks?

Alberini, Anna; Chiabai, Aline - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005

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The value of a statistical life in Sweden: A review of the empirical literature

Hultkrantz, Lars; Svensson, Mikael - In: Health Policy 108 (2012) 2, pp. 302-310

, pharmaceutics, transport, and civil contingencies has spurred a wave of empirical research on the value of a statistical life (VSL …

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The Willingness to Pay for a QALY - Results based on value of statistical life estimates in Sweden

Svensson, Mikael; Hultkrantz, Lars - Handelshögskolan, Karlstads Universitet - 2012

value of a statistical life since the year 2000, based on a Swedish population, to implicitly derive the WTP for a QALY …. Based on 16 recently published estimates of the value of a statistical life (year 2000 or later) in Sweden, 11 papers …-recommended estimate of value of a statistical life produces a value of approx. 1.2 million Swedish kronor (€130,000) per QALY. There is …

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Estimating the Value of a Statistical Life : The Importance of Omitted Variables and Publication Bias

Ashenfelter, Orley C.; Greenstone, Michael - 2004

In this paper we show that omitted variables and publication bias lead to severely biased estimates of the value of a … statistical life. Although our empirical results are obtained in the context of a study of choices about road safety, we suspect …

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Inconsistent and Lexicographic Choices in Stated Preference Analysis

Rouwendal, Jan; de Blaeij, Arianne T. - 2004

In stated choice (SC) data inconsistent and lexicographic choice behavior is often observed. It is sometimes recommended to remove data with these characteristics from the analysis. In this paper we reconsider this recommendation. In our data many respondents have inconsistent choice patterns,...

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Willingness to Pay for Mortality Risk Reductions: Does Latency Matter?

Alberini, Anna; Cropper, Maureen; Krupnick, Alan; … - 2004

Using results from two contingent valuation surveys conducted in Canada and the U.S., we explore the effect of a latency period on willingness to pay (WTP) for reduced mortality risk using both structural and reduced form approaches. We find that delaying the time at which the risk reduction...

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Willingness to Pay to Reduce Mortality Risks: Evidence from a Three-Country Contingent Valuation Study

Alberini, Anna; Hunt, Alistair; Markandya, Anil - 2004

that save lives. Typically such risks are monetized using the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL). Because the majority of …

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