Pubblicazioni

Autori:

Gerking, Shelby; Adamowicz, Wiktor; Dickie, Mark; Veronesi, Marcella

Titolo:

Baseline Risk and Marginal Willingness to Pay for Health Risk Reduction

Anno:

2017

Tipologia prodotto:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Lingua:

Inglese

Referee:

Sì

Nome rivista:

JOURNAL OF RISK AND UNCERTAINTY

ISSN Rivista:

0895-5646

N° Volume:

55

Numero o Fascicolo:

2-3

Intervallo pagine:

177-202

Parole chiave:

Baseline risk; Morbidity; Willingness to pay; Heart disease; Health risk; Endogenous risk; Children’s morbidity risk

Breve descrizione dei contenuti:

Empirical results presented in this paper suggest that parents’ marginal willingness to pay (MWTP) for a reduction in morbidity risk from heart disease is inversely related to baseline risk (i.e., the amount of risk initially faced) both for themselves and for their children. For instance, a 40% reduction from the mean of baseline risk results in an increase in MWTP by 70% or more. Thus, estimates of monetary benefits of public programs to reduce heart disease risk would be understated if the standard practice is followed of evaluating MWTP at initial risk levels and then multiplying this value by the number of cases avoided. Estimates are supported by: (1) unique quantitative information on perceptions of the risk of getting heart disease that allow baseline risk to be defined at an individual level and (2) improved econometric procedures to control for well-known difficulties associated with stated preference data.

Id prodotto:

100082

Handle IRIS:

11562/972257

ultima modifica:

11 novembre 2022

Citazione bibliografica:

Gerking, Shelby; Adamowicz, Wiktor; Dickie, Mark; Veronesi, Marcella, Baseline Risk and Marginal Willingness to Pay for Health Risk Reduction «JOURNAL OF RISK AND UNCERTAINTY» , vol. 55 , n. 2-3 , 2017 , pp. 177-202

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