'What a difference a day makes': Concern about a new approach to valuing a life

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Cullis, JG; Jones, PR
• 署名单位: University of Bath
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/0047-2727(95)01550-7
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 455-457
• 关键词: Value of life; safety; Cost-benefit analysis

摘要

If individuals are interested in life per se (or perceive longevity as a goal worth attaining), there is reason to doubt that Brent (Journal of Public Economics, 1991, 22, 165-171) has provided a robust solution to the valuation of life in cost-benefit analysis.