Evaluation of The willingness-to-pay for the Air- Pollution-Related Mortality in Taiwan

摘要：

This paper assesses the value of statistical life (VSL) and value of a statistical life year (VSLY) for the residents in Taiwan. Two economic valuation methods were used in this study. First, by benefit transfer method, the value of statistical life (VSL) is approximated US$1.75 million using the 2008 exchange rate. Second, by contingent valuation method, for 362 Taiwanese respondents, the median willingness-to-pay (WTP) to save one year of life is US$94,587 and the median VSL is approximated US$1.55 million. The values above were then compared to determine the optimal VSL and VSLY.

关键词： benefit transfer contingent valuation willingness topay

作者: Yihsuan Shih Yuling Chen Chao-Heng Tseng Shangming Su Zhi-Xiang Yang

作者单位: Institute of Environment Engineering and Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2012 International Conference on Electric Technology and Civil Engineering(2012 电子技术与土木工程国际会议 ICETCE 2012)

会议地点: 三峡

会议语种:英文

页码: 725-727

在线出版日期: 2012-05-18（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）