Altruistic and private valuations of risk reduction
作者:
W. Kip Viscusi,
Wesley A. Magat,
Anne Forrest,
期刊:
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
(WILEY Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 2
页码: 227-245
ISSN:0276-8739
年代: 1988
DOI:10.2307/3323826
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractTo remedy the neglect of altruism in benefit assessments for risk regulation programs, this article reports the findings of a new survey of 785 consumers regarding their valuation of two pairs of risks from insecticide. The risk‐dollar tradeoffs revealed by consumers averaged $2,080 and $3,680 per injury pair prevented within the household; they were willing to pay $5.01 and $9.06 per 1000 injury pairs prevented in the rest of the state and $1.72 and $2.39 for each 1000 injury pairs avoided elsewhere in the United States. The summed altruistic values for other individuals exceeded the private valuations, which suggests that altruism may be an important benefit componen
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