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Robustness of VSL Values from Contingent Valuation Surveys

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Anna Alberini (University of Maryland)

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This paper examines factors that may influence the estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life obtained from contingent valuation surveys that elicit the willingness to pay (WTP) for mortality risk reductions. We examine the importance of distributional assumptions, the choice of the welfare statistics of interest, the procedure for computing them, outliers, undesirable response effects, and internal validity of the WTP responses. We illustrate the importance of these factors using dichotomous-choice and open-ended WTP data from four recent contingent valuation surveys.

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Paper provided by Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei in its series Working Papers with number 2004.135.

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Keywords: Contingent valuation; VSL; WTP; Risk reductions; Robustness; Outliers; Endogeneity;

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H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - General Welfare
J17 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Value of Life; Foregone Income

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  7. Anna Alberini & Aline Chiabai, 2006. "Urban Environmental Health and Sensitive Populations: How Much Are the Italians Willing to Pay to Reduce Their Risks?," ERSA conference papers ersa06p293, European Regional Science Association. [Downloadable!]
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