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Valuing mortality risk in the time of COVID-19

In evaluating the appropriate response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a key parameter is the rate of substitution between wealth and mortality risk, conventionally summarized as the value per statistical life (VSL). For the United States, VSL is estimated as approximately $10 million, which implies the v...

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Autor principal: Hammitt, James K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7656098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33199940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11166-020-09338-1