Willingness to pay to reduce mortality risks: Evidence from a three-country contingent valuation study

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-264

  Alberini, Anna ^a,c   Hunt, Alistair ^b   Markandya, Anil ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Life expectancy; Risk reduction; Value of a statistical life; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PUBLIC POLICY; SURVEYS;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; RISK REDUCTION; VALUE OF A STATISTICAL LIFE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

RISKS;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MORTALITY RISK; VALUATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 33644756842     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-005-3106-2     Document Type: Article

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