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Learning about Risk : Consumer and Worker Responses to Hazard Information / W. Kip Viscusi, Wesley A. Magat.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©1987Edition: Reprint 2014Description: 1 online resource (197 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674436855
  • 9780674436848
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 381/.33/0973
LOC classification:
  • HC110.C63
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- 1. Information Processing and Individual Decisions -- 2. Cognitive Considerations in Presenting Risk Information -- 3. The Design of the Consumer Information Study -- 4. The Effect of Risk Information on Precautionary Behavior -- 5. Risk-Dollar Tradeoffs, Risk Perceptions, and Consumer Behavior -- 6. Hazard Warnings for Workplace Risks: Effects on Risk Perceptions, Wage Rates, and Turnover -- 7. Implications for Economic Behavior -- Appendixes, Notes, References, Index -- APPENDIX A. Cleaning Agent Questionnaire -- APPENDIX B. Drain Opener Questionnaire -- APPENDIX C. Variation in Consumers’ Valuation of Product Attributes -- APPENDIX D. Effect of Labels on Other Consumer Actions -- APPENDIX E. Linearity of Rating Scale -- APPENDIX F. Additional Results about Injury Valuations -- APPENDIX G. Chemical Labeling Questionnaire for Workplace Risks -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674436848

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- 1. Information Processing and Individual Decisions -- 2. Cognitive Considerations in Presenting Risk Information -- 3. The Design of the Consumer Information Study -- 4. The Effect of Risk Information on Precautionary Behavior -- 5. Risk-Dollar Tradeoffs, Risk Perceptions, and Consumer Behavior -- 6. Hazard Warnings for Workplace Risks: Effects on Risk Perceptions, Wage Rates, and Turnover -- 7. Implications for Economic Behavior -- Appendixes, Notes, References, Index -- APPENDIX A. Cleaning Agent Questionnaire -- APPENDIX B. Drain Opener Questionnaire -- APPENDIX C. Variation in Consumers’ Valuation of Product Attributes -- APPENDIX D. Effect of Labels on Other Consumer Actions -- APPENDIX E. Linearity of Rating Scale -- APPENDIX F. Additional Results about Injury Valuations -- APPENDIX G. Chemical Labeling Questionnaire for Workplace Risks -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX

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