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Learning about Risk : Consumer and Worker Responses to Hazard Information / W. Kip Viscusi, Wesley A. Magat.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Viscusi, W. Kip, author.
- Magat, Wesley A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in consumer education.
- Communication in industrial safety.
- Consumer Product Safety.
- Consumer protection.
- Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr.
- Hazardous substances.
- Risk Factors.
- Chemicals--United States--Safety measures.
- Communication in consumer education--United States.
- Communication in industrial safety--United States.
- Consumer protection--United States.
- Hazardous substances--United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Chemicals--United States--Safety measures.
- Communication in consumer education--United States.
- Communication in industrial safety--United States.
- Consumer protection--United States.
- Hazardous substances--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- FIGURES
- TABLES
- 1. Information Processing and Individual Decisions / Viscusi, W. Kip / Magat, Wesley A.
- 2. Cognitive Considerations in Presenting Risk Information / Bettman, James R. / Payne, John W. / Staelin, Richard
- 3. The Design of the Consumer Information Study / Magat, Wesley A. / Viscusi, W. Kip / Huber, Joel
- 4. The Effect of Risk Information on Precautionary Behavior / Viscusi, W. Kip / Magat, Wesley A. / Huber, Joel
- 5. Risk-Dollar Tradeoffs, Risk Perceptions, and Consumer Behavior / Magat, Wesley A. / Viscusi, W. Kip / Huber, Joel
- 6. Hazard Warnings for Workplace Risks: Effects on Risk Perceptions, Wage Rates, and Turnover / Viscusi, W. Kip / O'connor, Charles
- 7. Implications for Economic Behavior / Magat, Wesley A. / Viscusi, W. Kip
- 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
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-43684-9
- OCLC:
- 1013962928
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