Do we really understand the age-VSL relationship?

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 242-261

  Evans, Mary F ^a   Smith, V Kerry ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Background risk; Job risk; Risk perceptions; Senior discounts; VSL

Indexed keywords

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

MORTALITY RISKS; VALUE OF STATISTICAL LIFE (VSL);

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RISK; RISK PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746375003     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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