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Learning about Risk : Consumer and Worker Responses to Hazard Information /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Autores principales:	Viscusi, W. Kip (Autor, Contribuidor), Magat, Wesley A. (Autor, Contribuidor)
Otros Autores:	Bettman, James R. (Contribuidor), Huber, Joel (Contribuidor), O'Connor, Charles, O'connor, Charles (Contribuidor), Payne, John W. (Contribuidor), Staelin, Richard (Contribuidor)
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Edición:	Reprint 2014
Temas:	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. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General.
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo Texto completo

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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

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