Valuing international safety externalities: Does the "golden rule" apply?

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-287

  Jones Lee, Michael ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

International externalities; Safety; Willingness to pay based valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944464400     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RISK.0000046147.20779.70     Document Type: Review

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