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Milan Ščasný

Charles University

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Anna Alberini

University of Maryland, College Park

Iva Zvěřinová

Charles University

Vojtěch Máca

Charles University

Lukáš Rečka

Charles University

Jan Melichar

Charles University

Mikołaj Czajkowski

University of Warsaw

Olha Khymych

Charles University

Ján Urban

Charles University

Andrea Bigano

CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change

Tim Taylor

University of Exeter

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University of Warsaw

University of Exeter

Czech Academy of Sciences

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

University of Cape Town

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei

Basque Centre for Climate Change

University of Copenhagen

University of Bath

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Childhood experience in forest recreation practices: Evidence from nine European countries

Urban forestry & urban greening (2019)

Fitalew Agimass Taye Jens Abildtrup Marius Mayer Milan Ščasný Niels Strange

Settlement (finance)

10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126471

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Economic valuation of air pollution mortality: A 9-country contingent valuation survey of value of a life year (VOLY)

Ecological Indicators (2010)

Brigitte Desaigues Dominique Ami Anna Bartczak Markéta Braun Kohlová Susan Chilton

Contingent valuation

10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.12.006

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Context and the VSL: Evidence from a Stated Preference Study in Italy and the Czech Republic

Anna Alberini Milan Ščasný

We report on the results of a survey based on conjoint choice experiments that was specifically designed to investigate the effect of context on the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL), an important input into the calculation of the mortality benefits of environmental policies that reduce premature mortality. We define “context” broadly to include i) the cause of death (respiratory illness, cancer, road traffic accident), ii) the beneficiary of the risk reduction (adult v. child), and iii) the mode of provision of the risk reduction (public program v. private good). The survey was conducted following similar protocols in Italy and the Czech Republic. When do not distinguish for the cause of death, child and adult VSL are not significantly different from one another in Italy, and the difference is weak in the Czech sample. When we distinguish for the cause of death, we find that child and adult VSLs are different at the 1% level for respiratory illnesses and road-traffic accidents, but do not differ for cancer risks. We find evidence of a “cancer premium” and a “public program premium.” In both countries, the marginal utility of income is about 20% lower among wealthier people, which makes the VSL about 20% higher among respondents with incomes above the sample average. The discount rate implicit in people‘s choices is effectively zero. We conclude that there is heterogeneity in the VSL, and that such heterogeneity is primarily driven by risk characteristics and mode of delivery of the risk reduction, rather than by individual characteristics of the respondent (e.g., income and education). For the most part, our results do not disagree with environmental policy analyses that use the same VSL for children and adults, and that apply a cancer premium.

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A consumption-based indicator of the external costs of electricity

Ecological Indicators (2011)

Jan Weinzettel Miroslav Havránek Milan Ščasný

Consumption

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Electricity retailing

10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.035

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Hodnocení smrtelných rizik na trhu práce: studie hedonické mzdy v ČR [The Valuation of Risks in the Labor Market: Hedonic Wage Study in CR]

Politická ekonomie (2010)

Jan Melichar Milan Ščasný Ján Urban

This study investigates the relationship between wages and risks of work-related fatalities in the Czech labour market. To prove this relationship, we followed the theory of compensating wage differentials and the theory of hedonic prices. Using data from 2007 Czech labour survey, we econometrically derived three hedonic wage functions. To estimate mortality risks premiums, two of hedonic wage functions used objective measures of fatality risk, one subjectively perceived risk. We found a positive and statistically significant correlation between wages and occupational fatality risks in all three models. The estimated effect was lower for hedonic function with worker´s perception of mortality risks. This result implies the workers themselves underestimate the fatality risks that they are exposed. Based on estimated hedonic wage functions, we computed the value of a statistical life (VSL) which indicates the marginal rate of substitution between compensation and mortality risk. The implied value of VSL is 60 million CZK for the model with subjectively perceived risks and 266 million CZK for the models with objective risks in 2009 Czech crowns.

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Newborns health in the Danube Region: Environment, biomonitoring, interventions and economic benefits in a large prospective birth cohort study

Environment International (2015)

Zorana Jovanovic Andersen Radim J. Šrám Milan Ščasný Eugen Gurzău Aleksandra Fučić

Environmental epidemiology

10.1016/j.envint.2015.12.009

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Valuation of heat related mortality risk and tick-borne diseases

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2021)

Iva Zvěřinová Milan Ščasný Vojtěch Máca Anna Alberini

Monetary impacts of premature mortality due to heat waves Preferences for public programmes against spread of ticks due to climate change and a new vaccine against Lyme disease, prevalence of tick-borne diseases and exposure to ticks

10.5281/zenodo.5541337

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Environmental Effects of Residential Consumption Behaviours: the Case of the Czech Republic

Review of Environment, Energy and Economics - Re (2013)

Milan Ščasný

How are different consumption activities structured within the Czech society, and what effects do they have on the environment? This new volume by Milan Scasny, Jan Urban and Iva Zverinova proposes examples of policy measures and tools aimed at reducing the adverse environmental effects of residential consumption behaviours.

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Consumer preferences for sustainable and healthy lifestyle: Five-country discrete choice experiments

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (2019)

Milan Ščasný Iva Zvěřinová Vojtěch Máca

Consumers preferences for sustainable and healthier lifestyle are examined through stated preference discrete choice experiments. Specifically, we introduce several choice situations in which each respondent was asked to choose the best from three lifestyles presented, including the respondentâ€™s current lifestyle. Each lifestyle alternative is described by a different diet, health risks, and monetary costs. Diet is described by a number of portions of five different food items eaten per week (fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, legumes, and confectionery, ice-cream and sugar-sweetened drinks). Using a split-sample treatment, lifestyles are then described by either physical activities or environmental impacts (in kg of CO2 emissions). We also examine the effect of self-affirmation and information about the environmental impacts provided separately or in a combination. A non-linear preference is tested for increasing versus decreasing cost of food expenditures. Preferences are analysed using an original stated preference survey conducted in five EU countries (the Czech Republic, Latvia, Portugal, Spain, and in the United Kingdom) in summer 2018, with dataset consisting of 10,288 observations. We find that importance of lifestyle attributes varies across the countries and information treatments. The cost is significant in every country, indicating that lower costs lead to a higher probability of choosing the alternative lifestyle. Reducing health risks and environmental impact motivated respondents to change their lifestyle, even though reducing 1 kg CO2 due to food consumption a week is valued 3â€“6 times less than reducing cardiovascular risk by one percent. Still, the implied WTP for a tone CO2 abatement is in a range of 300â€“1,200 Euro and VSC of cardiovascular disease lies between 4,000 and 35,000 Euro, depending on country and DCE variant. Increasing physical activity increases the likelihood of changing lifestyle only in Latvia and Portugal. Most respondents prefer to keep eating meat and eliminating meat or fish from food consumption is associated with large dis-benefit. Respondents also prefer to increase portions of health-improving vegetables and fruits, however, this is not the case of pulses.

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Response to Extreme Energy Price Changes: Evidence from Ukraine

SSRN Electronic Journal (2017)

Anna Alberini Olha Khymych Milan Ščasný

Large but temporary price increases are sometimes deployed on days when the demand for electricity is extremely high due to exceptionally warm or cold weather. But what happens when the extreme price changes are permanent? Between January 2013 and April 2016, natural gas and electricity prices in Ukraine increased dramatically (up to 300% of the initial rates). We exploit variation in tariffs over time and across customers to estimate the price elasticity of electricity demand using a panel dataset with monthly meter readings from households in the city of Uzhhorod in Ukraine. We ask three research questions. First, what is the price elasticity of consumption implicit in the response (if any) to these large electricity price changes? Second, is there evidence of heterogeneity in the price elasticity of electricity demand driven by dwelling or household characteristics, or by consumer understanding of block pricing and/or own consumption levels? Third, how quickly do household adjust their consumption after a price change?

10.2139/ssrn.3076871

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