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How do risk perceptions respond to information? The case of radon

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Smith, VK; Johnson, FR
Published in: Review of Economics & Statistics
January 1, 1988

A specialized survey of Maine household's responses to information about the risks associated with radon concentrations in their homes and water supplies was used to evaluate how they form risk perceptions. The findings support a modified form of a Bayesian learning model to describe how individuals used the information to revise their risk perceptions. Moreover, individuals who took some mitigating actions reported lower risk perceptions after that action. The overall results are potentially important to the use of information programs as policy instruments for risk reduction because they indicate that new information can affect risk perceptions in a systematic way. -Authors

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January 1, 1988

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70

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  • Economics
  • 1403 Econometrics
  • 1402 Applied Economics
 

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Smith, V. K., & Johnson, F. R. (1988). How do risk perceptions respond to information? The case of radon. Review of Economics & Statistics, 70(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.2307/1928144
Smith, V. K., and F. R. Johnson. “How do risk perceptions respond to information? The case of radon.” Review of Economics & Statistics 70, no. 1 (January 1, 1988): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.2307/1928144.
Smith VK, Johnson FR. How do risk perceptions respond to information? The case of radon. Review of Economics & Statistics. 1988 Jan 1;70(1):1–8.
Smith, V. K., and F. R. Johnson. “How do risk perceptions respond to information? The case of radon.” Review of Economics & Statistics, vol. 70, no. 1, Jan. 1988, pp. 1–8. Scopus, doi:10.2307/1928144.
Smith VK, Johnson FR. How do risk perceptions respond to information? The case of radon. Review of Economics & Statistics. 1988 Jan 1;70(1):1–8.

Published In

Review of Economics & Statistics

DOI

Publication Date

January 1, 1988

Volume

70

Issue

1

Start / End Page

1 / 8

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 1403 Econometrics
  • 1402 Applied Economics