Grantee Research Project Results
1999 Progress Report: The Valuation of Mortality Risk Reductions: Application of Two New Survey Instruments
EPA Grant Number: R826608Title: The Valuation of Mortality Risk Reductions: Application of Two New Survey Instruments
Investigators: Krupnick, Alan J. , Cropper, Maureen , Simon, Nathalie , Alberini, Anna
Institution: Resources for the Future , University of Maryland - College Park , University of Colorado at Boulder
Current Institution: Resources for the Future
EPA Project Officer: Chung, Serena
Project Period: October 1, 1998 through September 30, 2000
Project Period Covered by this Report: October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999
Project Amount: $270,000
RFA: Decision-Making and Valuation for Environmental Policy (1998) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Environmental Justice
Objective:
The purpose of this project is to estimate the willingness-to-pay for mortality risk reductions in the context appropriate to air quality improvements using contingent valuation techniques applied to a sample of individuals in the United States
Progress Summary:
The project was reinvigorated during the last 6 months after a delay, which was necessary to wait for the completion of our mortality risk valuation study in Canada. That study, with methods development funded to a small extent from the EPA grant, enabled us to significantly improve the survey instrument for use in the United States, to learn from any mistakes in conducting that survey, and to compare the results of the Canadian survey to those to come from the United States. A nearly identical survey to the Canadian survey is now being field tested in Maryland to refine random-digit-dialing protocols, decide on the appropriate incentive to pay, and test various test-room configurations.
Future Activities:
Our plan is to evaluate the field test results, set the protocol for a 1,000 person survey in Maryland, and conduct the survey in the winter of 2000, evaluating the results shortly thereafter. Then, we will decide how to reallocate the remaining survey funds, either for testing CV methods affecting the credibility of the results, or for answering more questions about the willingness-to-pay for mortality risk reductions.
Journal Articles:
No journal articles submitted with this report: View all 30 publications for this projectSupplemental Keywords:
air, risk assessment, health effects, human health, sensitive populations, dose-response, age, elderly, risk management, public policy, cost benefit analysis, nonmarket valuation, contingent valuation, willingness-to-pay, social science, epidemiology., RFA, Health, Scientific Discipline, PHYSICAL ASPECTS, Geographic Area, Economic, Social, & Behavioral Science Research Program, Economics & Decision Making, Health Risk Assessment, Physical Processes, Risk Assessments, State, decision-making, Social Science, Ecology and Ecosystems, economic objectives, benefits assessment, valuing environmental quality, willingness to pay, compliance costs, life expectancy, mortality, mortality risks, ecosystem valuation, human exposure, dichotomous-choice, environmental values, exposure, decision analysis, economic incentives, psychological attitudes, social psychology, valuation of mortality, contingent valuation, morbidity risks, human health risk, environmental policyRelevant Websites:
Progress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.