Dissertation Title： "Health Risk Behavior, Preferences and Policy"
This dissertation address health behavior in response to risk, and public preferences regarding risk. Health behavior is explored in two papers on the topic of child seating behavior in...
Dissertation Title： "The Environmental and Safety Risks of Sport-Utility Vehicles, Vans, and Pickup Trucks"
The composition of the passenger vehicle fleet in the US has been undergoing a major change. Sport-utility vehicles, vans, and pickup trucks...
Dissertation Title: "Methods for Modeling and Valuing Life Expectancy Gains"
Over the past decade, there has been increasing concern over the inability of society to afford the growing number of health-related interventions. Decision-makers have turned...
Dissertation Title: "Evaluating Preferences for Health Risks"
This thesis considers different methods used to elicit individual preferences for health and safety issues in a series of three papers developed from an empirical analysis of a large national...