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.)

Table of 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