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 … respondent to public programs that address specific causes of death. The effectiveness of private risk-reducing behaviors is also …

illness can significantly increase the value of statistical life, helping to reconcile theory with empirical findings that …

adult life span is about 15 years in the U.S., and theory and evidence suggest it is costly. I calibrate a utility …