Kidneys For Sale: Who Disapproves, and Why?

Kidneys For Sale: Who Disapproves, and Why?

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Kidneys For Sale: Who Disapproves, and Why?

dc.contributor.author	Roth, Alvin E.
dc.contributor.author	Leider, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned	2011-09-12T15:01:40Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.citation	Leider, Stephen and Alvin E. Roth. 2010. Kidneys for sale: Who disapproves, and why? American Journal of Transplantation 10(5): 1221-1227.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1600-6135	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:5128483
dc.description.abstract	The shortage of transplant kidneys has spurred debate about legalizing monetary payments to donors to increase the number of available kidneys. However, buying and selling organs faces widespread disapproval. We survey a representative sample of Americans to assess disapproval for several forms of kidney market, and to understand why individuals disapprove by identifying factors that predict disapproval, including disapproval of markets for other body parts, dislike of increased scope for markets, and distrust of markets generally. Our results suggest that while the public is potentially receptive to compensating kidney donors, among those who oppose it, general disapproval towards certain kinds of transactions is at least as important as concern about specific policy details. Between 51% and 63% of respondents approve of the various potential kidney markets we investigate, and between 42% and 58% want such markets to be legal. 38% of respondents disapprove of at least one market. Respondents who distrust markets generally are \(not\) more disapproving of kidney markets; however we find significant correlations between kidney market disapproval and attitudes reflecting disapproval towards certain transactions – including both other body markets and market encroachment into traditionally non-market exchanges, such as food preparation.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Economics	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Wiley-Blackwell	en_US
dc.relation.isversionof	doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03019.x	en_US
dash.license	OAP
dc.subject	deceased donor organs	en_US
dc.subject	economics	en_US
dc.subject	financial incentives	en_US
dc.subject	health policy	en_US
dc.subject	kidney transplantation	en_US
dc.subject	live donor transplantation	en_US
dc.title	Kidneys For Sale: Who Disapproves, and Why?	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Accepted Manuscript	en_US
dc.relation.journal	American Journal of Transplantation	en_US
dash.depositing.author	Roth, Alvin E.
dc.date.available	2011-09-12T15:01:40Z
dash.affiliation.other	Harvard Business School	en_US