TY - JOUR
T1 - Subjective versus technical risk estimates
T2 - do risk communication policies increase consistency?
AU - Kerry Smith, V.
AU - Desvousges, William H.
N1 - Funding Information:
* This research is part of a larger joint effort with Ann Fisher and F. Reed Johnson. Partial support for this research was provided through Cooperative Agreement #CR-811075 with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ’ ‘These risk estimates were confirmed by the National Academy of Science’s review of the EPA risk assessment model [see National Research Council (1988)].
PY - 1989/12
Y1 - 1989/12
N2 - This paper reports the first comparison of subjective and technical risk estimates for a real source of risk, exposure to radon. The analysis also considers the effects of the information framing for this comparison of risk estimates. The results suggest that the framing of the risk explanations does affect how individuals adjusted their subjective risk perceptions in response to differences in the amount and duration of their radon exposures. Thus, our findings support the need to describe the role of cognitive factors involved in processing risk information within economic models of the formation of risk perceptions.
AB - This paper reports the first comparison of subjective and technical risk estimates for a real source of risk, exposure to radon. The analysis also considers the effects of the information framing for this comparison of risk estimates. The results suggest that the framing of the risk explanations does affect how individuals adjusted their subjective risk perceptions in response to differences in the amount and duration of their radon exposures. Thus, our findings support the need to describe the role of cognitive factors involved in processing risk information within economic models of the formation of risk perceptions.
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U2 - 10.1016/0165-1765(89)90016-5
DO - 10.1016/0165-1765(89)90016-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2042420369
SN - 0165-1765
VL - 31
SP - 287
EP - 291
JO - Economics Letters
JF - Economics Letters
IS - 3
ER -