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The value of safety or the value of the good?: Valuing risk reduction with conventional and novel technologies of public- or private-good nature
Örebro University School of Business, Örebro University, Sweden; Global Labor Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5479-5310
Örebro University School of Business, Örebro University, Sweden; Global Labor Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4570-7504
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Society, environment and transport, Transport economics. Economics, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9235-0232
Örebro University School of Business, Örebro University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1172-1076
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2026 (English)In: Research in Transportation Economics, ISSN 0739-8859, E-ISSN 1875-7979, Vol. 119, article id 101831Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study analyzes how the willingness to pay (WTP) for a stated reduction in the risk of traffic accidents depends on the type of measure that delivers the reduction and on whether it is framed as a public or a private good. Building on previous studies, we designed and conducted a contingent valuation survey targeting a representative sample of the Swedish adult population. Our results suggest that WTP for risk reduction varies across measures, even when they are all of private good or all of a public good nature. Furthermore, for conventional safety measures, WTP for a stated risk reduction is higher in private-good settings. Still, for a measure based on a mobile app, the result is the opposite (in the full sample). These findings caution against uncritical use of a uniform unit value of risk reduction and suggest that some public hesitancy towards the use of digital instead of conventional safety-enhancing technologies remains.

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Elsevier, 2026. Vol. 119, article id 101831
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Traffic safety, Willingness to pay, Public good, Private good, Infrastructure, Bicyclists and pedestrians, Interval regression
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Economics Transport Systems and Logistics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-22844DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2026.101831ISI: 001849993400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105047038290OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-22844DiVA, id: diva2:2096244
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Infrastructure or private goods; The choice of systems of safety in traffic for cyklists and pedestrians
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Swedish Transport Administration, TRV 2019/98283Available from: 2026-08-28 Created: 2026-08-28 Last updated: 2026-08-28Bibliographically approved

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