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Contingent Valuation, Transport Safety and the Value of Life
Studies in Risk and Uncertainty 7
ISBN/EAN: 9780792395782
Umbreit-Nr.: 1554697
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: ix, 193 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 31.05.1995
- Zusatztext
- InhaltsangabeForeword. 1. Introduction; N.C. Soguel. 2. The Valuation of Human Costs by the Contingent Method: The Swiss Experience; N.G. Schwab Christe. 3. Assessing the Value of Traffic Safety Using the Contingent Valuation Technique: The Danish Survey; K. Kidholm. 4. Valuing the Benefits of Reducing the Risk of Non-Fatal Road Injuries: The Swedish Experience; U. Persson, A. Lugnér Norinder, M. Svensson. 5. Reference Values for Human Life: An Econometric Analysis of a Contingent Valuation in France; B. Desaigues, A. Rabl. 6. Why did Two Theoretically Equivalent Methods Produce Two Very Different Values? M.W. Jones-Lee, G. Loomes, A. Robinson. 7. Are Preferences for Safety too Imprecise for Contingent Valuation? W.R. Dubourg. 8. Preference-Based Values of Safety for Public Transport Modes; M.W. Jones-Lee, G. Loomes. 9. The Automobile Risk Metric for Valuing Health Risks; W.K. Viscusi.
- Kurztext
- Since the 1970s, economic theory has extended its field of application to non-market goods such as environmental resources and health. The technique of the contingent valuation method (CVM), which has mainly been used to assign a monetary value to environmental goods, is discussed in this text.