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) preference for risk equity, and v) catastrophe aversion. We show that the particular manner in which VSL ranks risk …
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) preference for risk equity, and v) catastrophe aversion. We show that the particular manner in which VSL ranks risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011160757
risk equity, and catastrophe aversion. We show that the particular manner in which VSL ranks risk-reduction measures is not …
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equity is that for the computation of the social benefits not individual but household WTPs are aggregated. In this paper we …
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How the valuation of environmental goods is related to income is a key question for economics, but the role of income inequality is often neglected. We study how income inequality affects the international transfer of the estimated value of environmental goods from a study to a policy site - a...
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Benefit-cost analysis and other forms of economic evaluation are powerful tools, encouraging the systematic collection and assessment of the evidence needed to support sound policy decisions. In low-and middle-income countries, where resources are very scarce and needs are very great, such...
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The impact and economic merits of President Biden's Executive Order 13985 on equity depend on how the executive order … is implemented. While policy discussion to date has focused on equitable outcomes, we propose framing risk equity … equity for mortality risk policies should be the symmetric application of the value of a statistical life (VSL) to all groups …
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There are many reasons to suspect that benefit-cost analysis applied to environmental policies will result in policy decisions that will reject those environmental policies. The important question, of course, is whether those rejections are based on proper science. The present paper explores...
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There are many reasons to suspect that benefit-cost analysis applied to environmental policies will result in policy decisions that will reject those environmental policies. The important question, of course, is whether those rejections are based on proper science. The present paper explores...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105592
There are many reasons to suspect that benefit-cost analysis applied to environmental policies will result in policy decisions that will reject those environmental policies. The important question, of course, is whether those rejections are based on proper science. The present paper explores...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013094430