Safety-Focused Altruism: Valuing the Lives of Others

The value of statistical life is an estimate of the monetary benefits of preventing an anonymous death. Society's willingness to pay to eliminate private health risks determines agencies' value-of-statistical-life estimates. Most estimates ignore society's willingness to pay to elim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brady, Kevin Lee
Format: Others
Published: DigitalCommons@USU 2008
Subjects:
VSL
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/223
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1217&context=etd