Valuing Mortality Risk Reductions from Environmental, Transport, and Health Policies: A Global Meta-Analysis of Stated Preference Studies

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1381-1407

  Lindhjem, Henrik ^a   Navrud, Ståle ^b   Braathen, Nils Axel ^c   Biausque, Vincent ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c OECD   (France)

^d Institut National de la Statistique et des etudes economiques   (France)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Public risk; Scope test; Stated preference; VSL

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; HEALTH POLICY; HIGH QUALITY; INCOME ELASTICITIES; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RISK; PER CAPITA; SAMPLE MEANS; SCOPE TEST; SMALL REDUCTION; STATED PREFERENCES; STATED-PREFERENCE STUDIES; STATISTICAL LIFE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TRANSPORT POLICY; VSL; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY; PUBLIC RISKS; SURVEYS; TESTING;

HEALTH RISKS;

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH POLICY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; TRANSPORT STRUCTURE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; META ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HEALTH POLICY; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 80053412718     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01694.x     Document Type: Article

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