Browsing by Subject "Risk perception"
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(2017-02-27)In 2014 an Ebola epidemic swept through western Africa, killing tens of thousands of people. When a case of the virus appeared in Dallas, TX, the American public began to panic. There was concern that the disease would ...
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(2009-05-15)A large body of literature studies the issues of the option price and other ex-ante welfare measures under the microeconomic theory to valuate reductions of risks inherent in environment and human health. However, it does ...
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(2014-08-07)Although evacuation has been recognized as an effective protective action in responding to a hurricane emergency, it is still not clear why some people leave but others do not. In order to better understand this issue, ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)The goal of this research was to develop a better understanding of how risk attitudes influence vacation behavior. An exploratory field study was conducted to evaluate the risk attitude--vacation behavior relationship. A ...