| dc.contributor.author | Martinsson, Peter | swe |
| dc.contributor.author | Johansson-Stenman, Olof | swe |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-12-13 | swe |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-02-09T11:15:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-02-09T11:15:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | swe |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1403-2465 | swe |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/2787 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A theoretical model of the ethical preferences of individuals is tested by conducting a
choice experiment on safety-enhancing road investments. The relative value of a
saved life is found to decrease with age, such that the present value of a saved year of
life is almost independent of age at a pure rate of time preference of a few percent,
and a saved car driver is valued 17-31% lower than a pedestrian of the same age.
Moreover, individuals’ ethical preferences seem to be fairly homogenous. | swe |
| dc.format.extent | 19 pages | swe |
| dc.format.extent | 161996 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | swe |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Working Papers in Economics, nr 96 | swe |
| dc.subject | Ethics; social preferences; individual social welfare function; relative value of life; random ethical model | swe |
| dc.title | Are Some Lives More Valuable? | swe |
| dc.type.svep | Report | swe |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of Economics | swe |
| dc.gup.origin | Göteborg University. School of Business, Economics and Law | swe |
| dc.gup.epcid | 2668 | swe |
| dc.subject.svep | Philosophy | swe |
