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Value of a Statistical Life: Relative Position vs. Relative Age
(American Economic Review, 2005)
This paper examines the influence on estimates of the value of statistical life (VSL) of the worker's relative position in the wage distribution and relative position in the life cycle. Whereas past work on relative position ...
Recollection Bias and the Combat of Terrorism
(The Journal of Legal Studies, 2005)
Survey respondents assessed the risks of terrorist attacks and their consequences and were asked how their assessments changed from before September 11 to the present. This paper analyzes those current and recollected risk ...