A Bayesian perspective on biases in risk perception

DOI10.1016/0165-1765(85)90127-2zbMATH Open1273.91391OpenAlexW2112727709MaRDI QIDQ375029FDOQ375029

Authors: W. Kip Viscusi 

Publication date: 24 October 2013

Published in: Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(85)90127-2

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82) Psychophysics and psychophysiology; perception (91E30)

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