Valuation of environmental improvements in continuous time with mortality and morbidity effects

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-241

  Strand, Jon ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental investments; Environmental quality; Mortality risk; Value of statistical health; Value of statistical life

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH RISKS; INVESTMENTS;

MORTALITY RISK; VALUE OF STATISTICAL HEALTH; VALUE OF STATISTICAL LIFE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746335015     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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