Publication selection and the income elasticity of the value of a statistical life

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-75

  Doucouliagos, Hristos ^a   Stanley, T D ^b   Viscusi, W Kip ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HENDRIX COLLEGE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

C12; D61; I10; Income elasticity; J17; J18; J31; Meta regression analysis; Selectivity bias; Value of statistical life

Indexed keywords

INCOME; META-ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INCOME; INCOME ELASTICITY; META REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SELECTION BIAS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALUE OF A STATISTICAL LIFE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PUBLISHING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; INCOME; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLICATION BIAS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 84888815903     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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