Contingent Valuation, Transport Safety and the Value of Life
Over the past two decades, economic theory has extended its field of application to non-market goods such as environmental resources and health. Although it is impossible to assign a price to these goods on the basis of market mechanisms alone, the fact that they have no price does not mean that the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1995, 1995
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1995 |
| Series: | Studies in Risk and Uncertainty
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Valuation of Human Costs by the Contingent Method : The Swiss Experience
- 3 Assessing the Value of Traffic Safety Using the Contingent Valuation Technique: The Danish Survey
- 4 Valuing the Benefits of Reducing the Risk of Non-fatal Road Injuries: The Swedish Experience
- 5 Reference Values for Human Life : An Econometric Analysis of a Contingent Valuation in France
- 6 Why Did Two Theoretically Equivalent Methods Produce Two Very Different Values?
- 7 Are Preferences for Safety too Imprecise for Contingent Valuation?
- 8 Preference-based Values of Safety for Public Transport Modes
- 9 The Automobile Risk Metric for Valuing Health Risks