Are some lives more valuable? An ethical preferences approach

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 739-752

  Johansson Stenman, Olof ^a   Martinsson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Choice experiments; Ethical preferences; Individual social welfare function; Random utility model; Relative value of life

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODELING; PEDESTRIAN; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; ROAD TRANSPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE IMPACT;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENT; PEDESTRIAN; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SAFETY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ALTRUISM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 43549107479     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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