Simon Nathalie B, Dockins Chris, Maguire Kelly B, Newbold Stephen C, Krupnick Alan, Taylor Laura O
National Center for Environmental Economics; USEPA.
Department of Economics, University of Wyoming.
Rev Environ Econ Policy. 2019;13(1):155-161. doi: 10.1093/reep/rey022.
Benefit-cost analyses of environmental, health, and safety regulations often rely on an estimate of the value of statistical life (VSL) to calculate the aggregate benefits of reducing human mortality risk. The VSL represents the marginal rate of substitution between mortality risk and money. Although this concept is well-understood by economists, it is viewed by many non-economists as confusing technical jargon that borders on the immoral. Based on focus groups and a quantitative ranking exercise, this article describes a systematic approach for identifying and testing alternatives to the VSL terminology, with the goal of identifying an alternative term that more clearly communicates the VSL concept to a broad audience.
环境、健康及安全法规的效益成本分析通常依赖于统计生命价值（VSL）的估计值，以计算降低人类死亡风险的总体效益。统计生命价值代表了死亡风险与金钱之间的边际替代率。尽管经济学家对这一概念理解颇深，但许多非经济学家却将其视为近乎不道德的令人困惑的技术术语。基于焦点小组讨论和定量排名练习，本文描述了一种系统方法，用于识别和测试统计生命价值术语的替代方案，目标是找到一个能更清晰地向广大受众传达统计生命价值概念的替代术语。
