The value of a statistical life: Evidence from panel data

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-87

  Kniesner, Thomas J ^a,b   Viscusi, W Kip ^c   Woock, Christopher ^d   Ziliak, James P ^e  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZA ^*  (Germany)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 84858611074     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00229     Document Type: Article

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