A 'natural experiment' approach to contingent valuation of private and public UV health risk reduction strategies in low and high risk countries

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-72

  Bateman, Ian J ^a,b   Brouwer, Roy ^a,c   Georgiou, Stavros ^a   Hanley, Nick ^d   Machado, Fernando ^e   Mourato, Susana ^f   Saunders, Caroline ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Health risks; Natural experiments; Sunbathing; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

GENES; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; TUMORS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; NATURAL EXPRIMENTS; SKIN CANCER RISKS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY (WTP);

HEALTH RISKS;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; HEALTH RISK;

EID: 17844379250     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-004-6978-7     Document Type: Review

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