Social willingness to pay, mortality risks and contingent valuation

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-19

  Armantier, Olivier ^a   Treich, Nicolas ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Heterogeneity; Social benefit; Value of life; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042831073     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RISK.0000031442.60436.ea     Document Type: Article

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