Allowing for heterogeneity in monetary subjective well-being valuations

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-347

  Mentzakis, Emmanouil ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

compensating variation; generalized ordered response models; monetary valuations; subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79951539089     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1592     Document Type: Article

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