People's preferences for safety control: Why does baseline risk matter?

Risk Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 331-340

  Covey, J A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baseline risk; Context effects; Value of safety

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMICS; HAZARDS; SAMPLING; SURVEYS;

BASELINE RISK;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEALTH AND SAFETY; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034870750     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0272-4332.212115     Document Type: Article

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1. Appendix A: Summaries of selected publications on contingent valuation and other direct preference-elicitation methods in the fields of health and safety
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6. Bad deaths
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13. Altruistic preferences for life-saving public programs: Do baseline risks matter?
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15. Insensitivity to the value of human life: A study of psychophysical numbing
16. Grounded theory and psychological research
17. Altruism and the value of other people's safety