1. A) If hedonic price studies indicate people are willing to pay $100 each to reduce their risk of premature death by 1/50,000. What is the implied value of a statistical life?
B) Suppose an environmental regulation will reduce the risk of premature death from 5/1,000,000 to 1/1,000,000 for a country with 327 million people. Assuming people’s preferences are accurately reflected in the hedonic price studies mentioned in part A, how much could the regulation cost and still have benefits greater than costs?
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