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18164772

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/18164772

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-23
pubmed:abstractText
We develop a theoretical model of the ethical preferences of individuals, combining individual social welfare functions and random utility theory. The model is applied by conducting a choice experiment regarding safety-enhancing road investments that target different age groups and road user types. The relative value of a saved life is found to decrease with age, such that the present value of a saved life-year is almost independent of age at a pure rate of time preference of a few percent. Moreover, a saved pedestrian is consistently valued higher than a saved car driver of the same age.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
H
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0167-6296
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
739-52
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Are some lives more valuable? An ethical preferences approach.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Economics, Göteborg University, Box 640, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden. olof.johansson@economics.gu.se
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't