Essays about: "Willingness to Pay WTP"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 36 essays containing the words Willingness to Pay WTP.

1. 21. Valuation of Forest Non-Market Values : An empirical study in Northern Sweden

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

   Author : Daniel Otterbeck; Fredrik Lundstedt; [2017]
   Keywords : Forestry rotation period; Environmental valuation; Forest conservation; Rotationsperiod; miljövärdering;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to investigate the Willingness to Pay (WTP) of conserving a ten hectares forest area in Rutvik, amongst the population of Luleå municipality. Furthermore, the study investigated the factors influencing the WTP and its impact on a Faustmann-Hartman rotation period. READ MORE

3. 22. An Analysis of the Decision-making Process of the TLV and the Willingness to Pay for Healthcare in Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Jens Dahlstrand; Fredrik Sandberg; [2016-10-03]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency (TLV) is the Swedish government agency who decides if a new medicine should be included in the benefit scheme or not. This study investigates which implicit factors influence the agency’s reimbursement decisions and how the TLV values different properties of a medicine. READ MORE

4. 23. Risk perception and WTP in connection to radioactive substances in food products

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Malin Lokrantz; [2016]
   Keywords : risk perception; WTP; radioactive substances; food hazards; ordered probit model;

   Abstract : Nuclear power accidents can have severe impact on land, animals and people. The perception of risk connected to nuclear power has been a topic for research for decades. Sweden was heavily effected by the nuclear accident at Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Approximately five percent of the radionuclides that spread ended up on Swedish ground. READ MORE

5. 24. Health economic analysis of a urinary catheter which reduce the frequency of urinary tract infections (UTIs)

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Förvaltningshögskolan

   Author : Thomas Lundqvist; [2015-03-02]
   Keywords : Health economic analysis; willingness-to-pay; urinary catheter; cost benefin analysis;

   Abstract : Objective: To investigate the preference for urinary catheters that can reduce the frequency of urinary tract infections (UTIs), among Swedish patients practicing clean intermittent catheterization (CIC), and analyze if the preference is affected by the frequency of UTIs and gender. Methods: The preference for a clinically more effective catheter was expressed as a monetary value by investigating the patients’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) to switch catheters. READ MORE

6. 25. The Monetary Value of a Human Life - Examining the differences between sectors

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Andreas Nilsson; [2014]
   Keywords : VSL; QALY; Threshold; Health; Transport; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Economic evaluation has become an important tool in health and transport economics. To evaluate decisions, thresholds and benchmark values are required. These thresholds can include valuating lives in monetary form. To ensure an efficient distribution of resources the value of human life should be approximately the same between the sectors. READ MORE