Willingness to accept equals willingness to pay for labor market estimates of the value of a statistical life

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 187-205

  Kniesner, Thomas J ^a   Viscusi, W Kip ^c   Ziliak, James P ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CFOI; Panel data; Value of statistical life; VSL; Willingness to accept; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905176659     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-014-9192-1     Document Type: Article

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