Recurring statistical issues such as censoring, non-random selection and heteroskedasticity often impact the analysis of observational data from natural and human processes. We investigate the potential advantages of models based on quantile regression (QR) for addressing these issues, with a particular focus on non-market valuation data. First, we provide analytical arguments showing how QR can...

This paper tests experimentally how preferences for redistribution of members of the general public depend on how money is earned. An experiment was designed to form of “micro-participatory-democracy”where redistribution from winners to losers is decided through a sequential strategy-proof majority voting procedure. Based on five distributive justice theories, we elicit people’s preferences for redistribution when...

To the best of our knowledge, this study provides the first broad-scale, nation-wide analysis of a set of long-term morbidity effects of air pollution and assessment of their economic impacts in France.We used the Health Risk Assessment method and the latest concentration-response functions, both from the World Health Organization (WHO). The economic analysis - a...

Background:We quantify the mortality burden and economic loss attributable to nonoptimal temperatures for cold and heat in the Central and South American countries in the Multi-City Multi-Country (MCC) Collaborative Research Network.Methods:We collected data for 66 locations from 13 countries in Central and South America to estimate location-specific temperature–mortality associations using time-series regression with distributed lag...

ObjectivesWe propose a general framework for estimating long-term health and economic effects that takes into account four time-related aspects. We apply it to a reduction in exposure to air pollution in the Canton of Geneva.Study designMethodological developments on the evaluation of long-term economic and health benefits, with an empirical illustration.MethodsWe propose a unified framework—the comprehensive...

Méthodes6 La stratégie méthodologique utilisée est issue du guide publié par SPF [3]. La réalisation d’EQIS requiert des données de concentration des polluants traceurs sur un territoire donné. Elle nécessite aussi d’avoir des FCR validées par la communauté scientifique qui mettent en relation la concentration d’un polluant traceur et l’incidence d’un évènement de santé donné....

Air pollution is currently accountable for 40,000 deaths every year in France. The main objective of this study was to characterize the evolution of urban air pollution and its impact on mortality, by comparing two air pollution exposure periods, 2008–2010 and 2017–2019, within the Toulouse area. We also aimed to estimate the presumed health benefits...

This paper investigates how affective forecasting errors (A.F.E.s), the difference between anticipated emotion and the emotion actually experienced, may induce changes in preferences on time, risk and occupation after combat. Building on psychological theories incorporating the role of emotion in decision-making, we designed a before-and-after-mission survey for Danish soldiers deployed to Afghanistan in 2011. Our...

Introduction: We estimated the health and economic impacts of chronic exposure to air pollution for the Swiss part of the Greater Geneva area from 2016 to 2018.Materials and methods: We extracted from fine-scale modelled concentration maps for two pollutant indicators, particulate matter PM 2.5 and nitrogen dioxide. Then, we performed a quantitative health impact assessment...

Revealed and stated preference techniques are widely used to assess willingness to pay (WTP) for non-market goods as input to public and private decision-making. However, individuals first have to satisfy subsistence needs through market good consumption, which affects their ability to pay. We provide a methodological framework and derive a simple ex post adjustment factor...