Interesting idea. Main thing that bothers me is the conflation between “animal lives” and “animal life-years”. It’s standard in development economics to use life-years as the relevant measures, not total amount of deaths-averted. So I think using life-years as the measure would result in more accurate results (e.g. ask how much a person is willing to pay to save 15 years of pig-life).
Interesting idea. Main thing that bothers me is the conflation between “animal lives” and “animal life-years”. It’s standard in development economics to use life-years as the relevant measures, not total amount of deaths-averted. So I think using life-years as the measure would result in more accurate results (e.g. ask how much a person is willing to pay to save 15 years of pig-life).
I completely agree, but see my other comments about the relationship of accuracy/rigour vs impact.
I think you meant “avert 15 years of pig-life in industrial agriculture”