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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Viscusi, W. Kip,; Magat, Wesley A.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Bettman, James R.; Huber, Joel.; O'Connor, Charles.; Payne, John W.; Staelin, Richard.
• MitwirkendeR: Bettman, James R.,; Huber, Joel,; Magat, Wesley A.,; O’connor, Charles,; Payne, John W.,; Staelin, Richard,; Viscusi, W. Kip,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (197 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674436848; 9783110353488; 9783110353556; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674436848
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: W. Kip Viscusi, Wesley A. Magat.