The discounting of lives saved in future generations - Some empirical results

Health Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 329-332

  Johannesson, Magnus ^a   Johansson, Per Olov ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discount rates; Future health benefits; Lives saved

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0030179385     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1050(199607)5:4<329::aid-hec213>3.3.co;2-r     Document Type: Review

References (7)

1. Cropper, M. L. and Portney, P. R. Discounting and the evaluation of lifesaving programs. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 1990; 3: 369-379.
2. Horowitz, J. K. and Carson, R. T. Discounting statistical lives. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 1990; 3: 403-413.
3. Cropper, M. L., Aydede, S. K. and Portney, P. R. Preferences for life saving programs: how the public discounts time and age. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 1994; 8: 243-265.
4. Olsen, J. A. Time preferences for health gains: an empirical investigation. Health Economics 1993; 2: 257-265.
5. Cairns, J. A. Valuing future benefits. Health Economics 1994; 3: 221-229.
6. Kristöm, B. A non-parametric approach to the estimation of welfare measures in discrete response valuation studies. Land Economics 1990; 66: 135-139.
7. Hanemann W. M. Valuing the environment through contingent valuation. Journal of Economic Perspectives 1994; 8: 19-43.