Title of article
Valuing lives equally: Distributional weights for welfare analysis
Author/Authors
E. Somanathan، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages
4
From page
122
To page
125
Abstract
Distributional weights for welfare analysis are proposed based on two axioms: (1) all lives are equally valued, (2) the monetary value of a personʹs life is her own valuation. This implies weights proportional to the reciprocals of the values of statistical lives.
Keywords
Value of life , Distributional weights , Cost–benefit analysis , Social welfare
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
2006
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
435836
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