The distortion of information to support an emerging evaluation of risk

DOI10.1016/J.JECONOM.2010.07.004zbMATH Open1441.62858OpenAlexW2171656402MaRDI QIDQ737892FDOQ737892

Authors: J. E. Russo, Kevyn Yong 

Publication date: 12 August 2016

Published in: Journal of Econometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2010.07.004

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zbMATH Keywords

risk assessmentriskdesirability biasdistortion of informationformat of information

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20)

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• Cross-cultural differences in risk perception, but cross-cultural similarities in attitudes towards perceived risk

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