Age, health, and the willingness to pay for mortality risk reductions: a contingent valuation survey of Shizuoka, Japan, residents

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-237

  Itaoka, Kenshi ^a   Krupnick, Alan ^b   Akai, Makoto ^c   Alberini, Anna ^d   Cropper, Maureen ^d,f   Simon, Nathalie ^e  

^a MIZUHO INFORMATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Contingent valuation; Mortality risk; Value of statistical life; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053409469     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03353958     Document Type: Article

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