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The value of life

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dc.contributor.author Arayssi, Mahmoud
dc.contributor.author Khoury, Sarkis Joseph
dc.contributor.author Mardini, Rania Uwaydah
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-17T11:10:51Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-17T11:10:51Z
dc.date.copyright 2006 en_US
dc.date.issued 2018-04-17
dc.identifier.issn 2194-5861 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10725/7395 en_US
dc.description.abstract This paper develops a labor-based model where a worker chooses between not only work and leisure, as the traditional labor models have argued, but rather between labor, leisure and the purchase of insurance. The model allows the insurance buyer to determine the amount of insurance he is willing to work for and purchase while maximizing utility and derives the shadow price of risk, thus the value of life. The model is applied to quadratic, logarithmic, and exponential utility functions. Results can help insurance companies determine the cost of insurance associated with a specific job and related risk. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.title The value of life en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.description.version Published en_US
dc.title.subtitle a new labor theory-based model en_US
dc.author.school SOB en_US
dc.author.idnumber 199629330 en_US
dc.author.department Department of Finance and Accounting (FINA) en_US
dc.description.embargo N/A en_US
dc.relation.journal Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis en_US
dc.journal.volume 1 en_US
dc.journal.issue 1 en_US
dc.keywords Value of life en_US
dc.keywords Utility maximization en_US
dc.keywords Shadow price of risk en_US
dc.keywords Labor-leisure-insurance purchase tradeoffs en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.2202/1932-9156.1004 en_US
dc.identifier.ctation Arayssi, M., Khoury, S. J., & Mardini, R. U. (2006). The Value of Life: A New Labor Theory-Based Model. Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis, 1(1). en_US
dc.author.email mahmoud.araissi@lau.edu.lb en_US
dc.identifier.tou http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php en_US
dc.identifier.url https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jbvela.2006.1.1/jbvela.2006.1.1.1004/jbvela.2006.1.1.1004.xml en_US
dc.orcid.id https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-8835 en_US
dc.author.affiliation Lebanese American University en_US


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