Endogenous private safety investment and the willingness to pay for mortality risk reductions

European Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2063-2074

  Liu, Liqun ^a   Neilson, William S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk reduction; State dependent utility function; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

INCENTIVE; INVESTMENT; MORTALITY RISK; PENSION SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 33749437875     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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