Smoking Status and Public Responses to Ambiguous Scientific Risk Evidence
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Viscusi, WK; Magat, WA; Huber, J
Published in: Southern Economic Journal
January 1, 1999
Situations in which individuals receive information seldom involve scientific consensus over the level of the risk. When scientific experts disagree, people may process the information in an unpredictable manner. The original data presented here for environmental risk judgments indicate a tendency to place disproportionate weight on the high risk assessment, irrespective of its source, particularly when the experts disagree. Cigarette smokers differ in their risk information processing from nonsmokers in that they place less weight on the high risk judgment when there is a divergence in expert opinion. Consequently, they are more likely to simply average competing risk assessments.
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Southern Economic Journal
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ISSN
0038-4038
Publication Date
January 1, 1999
Volume
66
Issue
2
Start / End Page
250 / 270
Related Subject Headings
- Economics
- 14 Economics
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Viscusi, W. K., Magat, W. A., & Huber, J. (1999). Smoking Status and Public Responses to Ambiguous Scientific Risk Evidence. Southern Economic Journal, 66(2), 250–270. https://doi.org/10.2307/1061142
Viscusi, W. K., W. A. Magat, and J. Huber. “Smoking Status and Public Responses to Ambiguous Scientific Risk Evidence.” Southern Economic Journal 66, no. 2 (January 1, 1999): 250–70. https://doi.org/10.2307/1061142.
Viscusi WK, Magat WA, Huber J. Smoking Status and Public Responses to Ambiguous Scientific Risk Evidence. Southern Economic Journal. 1999 Jan 1;66(2):250–70.
Viscusi, W. K., et al. “Smoking Status and Public Responses to Ambiguous Scientific Risk Evidence.” Southern Economic Journal, vol. 66, no. 2, Jan. 1999, pp. 250–70. Scopus, doi:10.2307/1061142.
Viscusi WK, Magat WA, Huber J. Smoking Status and Public Responses to Ambiguous Scientific Risk Evidence. Southern Economic Journal. 1999 Jan 1;66(2):250–270.
Published In
Southern Economic Journal
DOI
ISSN
0038-4038
Publication Date
January 1, 1999
Volume
66
Issue
2
Start / End Page
250 / 270
Related Subject Headings
- Economics
- 14 Economics