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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Susan Chilton, Emeritus Professor Michael Jones-Lee, Rebecca McDonald, Dr Hugh Metcalf
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We obtain ‘Willingness to Accept/Willingness to Pay’ (WTA/WTP) ratios for two health complaints using a stated-preference study which was preceded by a ‘WTA-WTP’ learning experiment that employed an incentive compatible disclosure method. We find that while, not surprisingly, for more serious health effects WTA responses tend to be substantially larger than their WTP counterparts , it is nonetheless the case that as the severity of the health effect is reduced, the WTA/WTP ratio converges across the sample and tends to a level that does not differ significantly from unity, in accordance with standard theory. On the basis of this evidence, we find no compelling evidence to reject the neoclassical assumption of ‘smooth’ utility of wealth functions which underlies standard Value of a Prevented (Statistical) Fatality (VPF) analysis.
Author(s): Chilton S, Jones-Lee M, McDonald R, Metcalf H
Publication type: Report
Publication status: Published
Series Title: Newcastle Discussion Papers in Economics
Year: 2010
Pages: 23
Report Number: 2010-6
Institution: Newcastle University Business School
Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
URL: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nubs/assets/documents/workingpapers/economics/WP06-2010.pdf
Notes: Submitted to Journal of Risk and Uncertainty ISSN: 1361-1837
