VSL reconsidered: What do labor supply estimates reveal about risk preferences?

Economics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-153

  Smith, V Kerry ^a   Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ^b   Van Houtven, George L ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor supply; Preference calibration; Value of statistical life

Indexed keywords

EID: 30244458115     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00081-8     Document Type: Article

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