Mortality risk and the value of a statistical life: The dead-anyway effect revis(it)ed

GENEVA Risk and Insurance Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-55

  Breyer, Friedrich ^a   Felder, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expected utility; Insurance markets; Value of life; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944435220     PISSN: 1554964X     EISSN: 15549658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10836-005-1107-2     Document Type: Review

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