The Value of a Statistical Life

This paper on the value of a statistical life (VSL) has been prepared for the Handbook in Transport Economics, edited by André de Palma, Robin Lindsey, Emile Quinet and Roger Vickerman. The paper's first objective is to survey some classical theoretical and empirical findings in the VSL literature; but it also attempts to clarify some of these issues often raised by the application of the WTP approach to study of mortality risks.

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Year of publication:	2008-01-25
Authors:	Andersson, Henrik ; Treich, Nicolas
Institutions:	Transportekonomi, Väg- och Transportforskninginstitut (VTI)
Subject:	Mortality Risk \| Transport \| Value of a Statistical Life \| Willingness to Pay

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in A Handbook of Transport Economics, de Palma, André, Lindsey, Robin, Quinet, Emile, Vickerman, Roger (eds.), 2011, chapter 17, pages 396-424, Edward Elgar. The text is part of a series Working Papers, Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute (VTI) Number 2008:1 36 pages
Classification:	D61 - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; I10 - Health. General ; Q51 - Valuation of Environmental Effects
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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