Are Some Lives More Valuable?

dc.contributor.author	Martinsson, Peter	swe
dc.contributor.author	Johansson-Stenman, Olof	swe
dc.contributor.department	Department of Economics	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.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.gup.epcid	2668	swe
dc.gup.origin	Göteborg University. School of Business, Economics and Law	swe
dc.identifier.issn	1403-2465	swe
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/2787
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.subject.svep	Philosophy	swe
dc.title	Are Some Lives More Valuable?	swe
dc.type.svep	Report	swe

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