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In the European Union (EU) periurban agriculture is under the same agri-environmental policy regime designed for general agriculture. We argue that the specific needs of periurban agriculture may justify ad hoc agri-environmental policy measures. We present results from a Choice Experiment (CE)...
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An important source of conflict surrounding nuclear energy is that with a very small probability, a large-scale nuclear accident may occur. One way to internalize the associated financial risks is through mandating nuclear operators to have liability insurance. This paper presents estimates of...
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the effect of context on the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL), an important input into the calculation of the mortality … benefits of environmental policies that reduce premature mortality. We define “context” broadly to include i) the cause of … adults, and that apply a cancer premium. -- VSL ; Conjoint Choice Experiments ; Mortality Risk Reductions ; Cost …
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This paper presents a choice experiment, which values reductions in mortality risk on Alpine roads. These roads are on …
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; Mortality Risk Reductions ; Cost-benefit Analysis ; Forced Choice Questions …
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respondents. We examine how homeowners in the United Kingdom and Italy value mortality risk reductions by asking them to choose … among hypothetical variants of their home that differ in terms of mortality risks from air pollution and price. To our …
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in the first place). The product of these two probabilities is the unconditional cancer mortality risk. Our hypothetical … cancer mortality risk when answering the valuation questions. We estimate the cancer VSL to be between € 1.9 and 5.7 million …, depending on whether the (unconditional) mortality risk was reduced by lowering the chance of getting cancer, increasing the …
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latency period on willingness to pay (WTP) for reduced mortality risk using both structural and reduced form approaches. We …
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