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> Research Studentship(s) in the Valuation of Health and Safety and/or
> Experimental Economics
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> CASPAR/Department of Economics
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> The Centre for the Analysis of Safety Policy and Attitudes to Risk
> (CASPAR) is offering a 3 year award to candidates wishing to
> undertake research into the Valuation of Health and Safety and/or
> Experimental Economics. In the event that there are two candidates of
> sufficiently high calibre applying, a second studentship may be
> offered on the same terms
>
> This studentship provides a grant equal to the ESRC rate and pays
> (home) fees for 3 years. In addition, funds are available to enable
> appropriate new survey or experimental work to be undertaken. No
> teaching is required, but the successful candidate(s) will be
> expected to participate in ongoing research in CASPAR to the extent
> that this complements the subject matter of the thesis
>
> Candidates should normally have (or expect to have) a Master's degree
> - or, exceptionally, a first class Bachelor's degree may suffice -
> where Economics is a significant component
>
> A candidate wishing to work on the Valuation of Health and Safety
> will have access to a considerable database generated by studies
> undertaken by CASPAR and other partners on behalf of government
> agencies in the UK and abroad, including the Department of Transport,
> MAFF, the Home Office, the Health and Safety Executive and the New
> Zealand Land Transport Safety Authority. The principal objective of
> these studies has been to explore methods to enable public policy
> makers to assign a value to health and safety benefits which can be
> balanced against the costs of producing those benefits. This by no
> means a straightforward matter, and raises many interesting issues
> relating to the design of elicitation methods, the modelling of
> people's preferences, and the analysis and interpretation o the data
> generated. Candidates with an interest in exploring aspects of these
> issues are particularly encouraged to apply.
>
> A candidate wishing to pursue research in the field of Experimental
> Economics should benefit from the fact that one of the co-Directors
> of CASPAR, Professor Graham Loomes, is also a co-Director of
> e Centre for Experimental Economics (EXEC) at the University of York.
> The current focus of Professor Loomes' experimental work is the
> relationship between individual decision making and behaviour in
> markets and other collective environments (e.g. voting and the
> provision of public goods). Applications will be particularly welcome
> from candidates wishing to develop a programme of work in this field.
>
> The closing date for applications is 14th August 2000, please mark
> applications "CASPAR studentship". Informal enquiries about the
> particular topics indicated above may be directed to either Prof
> Michael Jones-Lee ([log in to unmask]) or Prof Graham Loomes
> ([log in to unmask]), while more general enquiries about
> postgraduate study at Newcastle and the terms of the award(s) may be
> irected to either Dr Tim Barmby ([log in to unmask]) or Dr David
> Barlow ([log in to unmask]). Application forms may be obtained
> from the Postgraduate Secretary, Angela White ([log in to unmask] -
> tel (0)191 222 6748). Further details about the Department and other
> areas of research strength are given on the web page at
> http://www.ncl.ac.uk/economics
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