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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...