; Mortality Risk Reductions ; Cost-benefit Analysis ; Forced Choice Questions … pollution regulations, however, are linked to reductions in the risk of dying for cancer, heart disease, and respiratory … higher when the risk reduction is delivered by a public program, and increases with the effectiveness rating assigned by the …

contingent valuation surveys that elicit the willingness to pay (WTP) for mortality risk reductions. We examine the importance of …

Valuing a change in the risk of death is a key input into the calculation of the benefits of environmental policies … specified risk reduction. We use their responses to these questions to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) for such a risk …