Valuing flood disasters using the life satisfaction approach

This paper argues that life satisfaction data can be used to value natural disasters. We discuss the strengths of this approach, compare it to traditional methods and apply it to estimate and monetize utility losses caused by floods in 16 European countries between 1973 and 1998. Using combined cros...

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Published in:Journal of public economics 2009-04, Vol.93 (3), p.620-633
Main Authors: Luechinger, Simon, Raschky, Paul A.
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Cost-benefit analysis
Disaster relief
Flood
Floods
Life satisfaction
Life satisfaction approach
Life satisfaction approach Non-market valuation Cost-benefit analysis Subjective well-being Risk-prevention Natural hazards Flood
Natural disasters
Natural hazards
Non-market valuation
Risk-prevention
Subjective well-being
Well-being
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Disaster relief
Flood
Floods
Life satisfaction
Life satisfaction approach
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Natural disasters
Natural hazards
Non-market valuation
Risk-prevention
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Well-being
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