Political Goods and Trade Theory
In: The American economist: journal of the International Honor Society in Economics, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 51-59
ISSN: 2328-1235
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In: The American economist: journal of the International Honor Society in Economics, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 51-59
ISSN: 2328-1235
In: Agenda: a journal of policy analysis & reform, Band 19, Heft 1
ISSN: 1447-4735
In: Agenda: a journal of policy analysis & reform, Band 16, Heft 4
ISSN: 1447-4735
In: New Zealand economic papers, Band 42, Heft 2, S. 155-189
ISSN: 1943-4863
In: New Zealand economic papers, Band 47, Heft 2, S. 140-157
ISSN: 1943-4863
In: Agenda: a journal of policy analysis & reform, Band 12, Heft 4
ISSN: 1447-4735
In: Environment and development economics, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 395-416
ISSN: 1469-4395
ABSTRACTDevelopment agencies spend approximately US$ 400 million per year on landmine clearance. Yet many cost–benefit evaluations suggest that landmine clearance is socially wasteful because costs appear to far outweigh social benefits. This paper presents new estimates of the benefits of clearing landmines based on a contingent valuation survey in two provinces in rural Cambodia where we asked respondents questions that elicit their trade-offs between money and the risk of death from landmine accidents. The estimated Value of a Statistical Life (VSL) is US$ 0.4 million. In contrast, most previous studies of landmine clearance use foregone income or average GDP per capita, which has a lifetime value of only US$ 2,000 in Cambodia. Humanitarian landmine clearance emerges as a more attractive rural development policy when appropriate estimates of the VSL are used.
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 35, Heft 3, S. 512-531
In: New Zealand economic papers, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 101-133
ISSN: 1943-4863