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Are Some Lives More Valuable?
(2003)
A theoretical model of the ethical preferences of individuals is tested by conducting a
choice experiment on safety-enhancing road investments. The relative value of a
saved life is found to decrease with age, such that ...
Does age matter for the value of life? - Evidence from a choice experiment in rural Bangladesh
(2009-10-19)
Using a random sample of individuals in rural Bangladesh, this paper investigates people’s preferences regarding relative values of lives when it comes to different ages of the individuals being saved. By assuming that an ...
Does stake size matter in trust games?
(2004)
In a trust game conducted in rural Bangladesh, the proportion of money sent decreased significantly with the stake size. Still, even with very large stakes few followed the conventional economic prediction and sent nothing.
Trust, Trust Games and Stated Trust: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
(2005)
Levels of trust are measured by asking standard survey questions on trust and by observing the behaviour in a trust game using a random sample in rural Bangladesh. Follow-up questions and correlations between the sent ...
Honestly, why are you driving a BMW?
(2004)
This paper proposes that people derive utility not only from goods or their attributes as in standard models, but also from their self-image as influenced by their own perception of their preferences. In a representative ...
Do You Enjoy Having More Than Others? Survey Evidence of Positional Goods
(2003)
Although conventional economic theory proposes that only the absolute levels of
income and consumption matter for people’s utility, there is much evidence that relative
concerns are often important. This paper uses a ...
Is Transport Safety More Valuable in the Air?
(2002)
Using a contingent valuation survey, people’s willingness to pay for a given risk reduction is found to be
much larger when traveling by air compared to by taxi. Follow-up questions revealed that an important
reason for ...
Anyone for Higher Speed Limits? - Self-Interested and Adaptive Political Preferences
(2003)
Swedish survey-evidence indicates that variables reflecting self-interest are important in
explaining people’s preferred speed limits, and that political preferences adapt to
technological development. Drivers of cars ...