The impact of real options on willingness to pay for mortality risk reductions

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 563-569

  Krüger, Niclas A ^a,b   Svensson, Mikael ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Contingent Valuation; Real options; Road safety; Value of a statistical life

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVESTMENT; MORTALITY RISK; TESTING METHOD; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MORTALITY; POLICY; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORY;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MORTALITY; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN;

EID: 67349146359     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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