The value of a statistical life in Spain using stated preferences.;El valor monetario de la vida estadística en españa a través de las preferencias declaradas

Hacienda Publica Espanola

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 125-144

  Pérez, Jorge Eduardo Martínez ^a   Perpiñán, José María Abellán ^a   Prades, José Luis Pinto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Risk communication; Road accidents; Stated preferences; Value of life (VoL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949110903     PISSN: 02101173     EISSN: 11339470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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