Willingness to pay for mortality risk reductions: Does latency matter? |
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Authors: | Anna Alberini Maureen Cropper Alan Krupnick Nathalie B. Simon |
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Affiliation: | (1) University of Maryland, USA;(2) The World Bank, USA;(3) Resources for the Future, USA;(4) National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, MC 1809T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20460 |
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Abstract: | Using results from two contingent valuation surveys conducted in Canada and the U.S., we explore the effect of a latency period on willingness to pay (WTP) for reduced mortality risk using a structural model. We find that delaying the time at which the risk reduction occurs by 10 to 30 years reduces WTP by more than 60% for respondents in both samples aged 40 to 60 years. The implicit discount rates are equal to 3.0–8.6% for Canada and 1.3–5.6% for the U.S. JEL Classification Q51 · Q58 The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the USEPA or of the World Bank, its Executive Directors or the countries they represent. |
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Keywords: | Value of a statistical life Mortality risks Benefit-cost analysis |
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