mortality risk reductions. We find similar Value of Statistical Life estimates across the two studies, ranging from USD 930 …,000 to USD 4.8 million (2000 US dollars). WTP increases with risk reduction size, but varies little with respondent age …: individuals aged over 70 years hold WTP values approximately one-third lower than other respondents. Respondent health status has …

In the expected-utility theory of the monetary value of a statistical life, the so-called dead-anyway effect discovered … by Pratt and Zeckhauser (1996) asserts that an individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) for small reductions in mortality … risk increases with the initial level of risk. Their reasoning is based on differences in the marginal utility of wealth …

280 thousand depending on estimation strategy. Monetizing the mortality reductions with recent values of statistical life …

mortality using an instrumental variable approach based on wind direction. Harnessing daily changes in county-level wind …

We study the effects of the largest adverse health shock in modern medicine - the 1918 influenza pandemic - on … subsequent shifts in health-related attitudes and behavior and future-oriented policies. Our analysis builds upon self … influenza leads to a decline in societal support for public health measures at the aggregate level, mainly triggered by deceased …

mortality ; non linear taxation ; value of life …