| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 交通運輸研究所 === 85 === My paper discuss the value of life based on the WTP theory
,which is howeveran indirect way in estimating human lifes.This
paper attempt to use WTA approachto analyze the value of life
for death in traffic accidents from the standpoint of assumed
the victims.Based on the theory of WTA,we try to find out the
indemnity and the compensation items which the victims are
willing to accept at leastto settle out of court with the
convict after the accident.This paper contains teo main parts.
One is theoretical research ,the other aspect is practical
application.In theory,at first it use the compensating variation
and the equivalent variation from economics as measurable
variables to analyze the status assumed.By discussing the status
,we define our topic and analyze the value of life .In practical
application,this research investigate people''s opinion for the
value of life by an face-to-face interview.The result show that
most people regard life as valueless and almostcan notbe
influenced by different social-economic charactetristic .Under
the statusthat the victim is assumed dead in the traffic
accident,the convict is willing to pay 2.45 million NT dollars
at most to settle out of court with the victim avoiding the
responsibility .The compensation which the victim is willing to
accept is about 3.21 million NT dollars.Obviously.the value of
life is underestimated.In the compensating items,the first
crucial items are urgent medical cost,funeral cost and property
damage cost. The study provides people to realize how to
evaluate the value of life reasonable and what compensating
items are included.Besides,it also can provide the concerned
department the information and the method to evaluate the
benefitsof a traffic construction or a traffic safety plan .
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