The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care

Gary Becker, Kevin Murphy, Tomas Philipson

NBER Working Paper No. 13333
Issued in August 2007

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We are thankful for comments from Dana Goldman, Anupam Jena, Darius Lakdawalla, and Eric Sun as well as seminar participants at The University of Chicago, Washington University, The 2007 IHEA Meetings in Copenhagen, and RAND. Financial support from National Institutes of Aging (Grant P30 AG 12857) as well as Amgen is gratefully acknowledged. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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