The value of a statistical life and the coefficient of relative risk aversion

DOI10.1007/s11166-005-2928-1zbMath1123.91339OpenAlexW3123802328MaRDI QIDQ813061

Louis Kaplow

Publication date: 30 January 2006

Published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.474.5274

zbMATH Keywords

risk aversionequity premiumvalue of a statistical lifecoefficient of risk aversion

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