How would you like your gain in life expectancy to be provided? An experimental approach

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-218

  Nielsen, Jytte Seested ^a   Chilton, Susan ^b   Jones Lee, Michael ^b   Metcalf, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution of life expectancy gains; Incentivised learning; Value of statistical life

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649305916     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-010-9104-y     Document Type: Article

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