Economic valuation of mortality-risk reduction: Stated preference estimates from the United States and Canada

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-416

  Chestnut, Lauraine G ^a   Rowe, Robert D ^a   Breffle, William S ^b  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84863552963     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2011.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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