کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
970968 1479554 2010 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Risk, fear, bird flu and terrorists: A study of risk perceptions and economics
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Risk, fear, bird flu and terrorists: A study of risk perceptions and economics
چکیده انگلیسی

This paper examines the relationship between risk perceptions, affect and the economic consequences of a bio-security threat against the U.S. food system. The main argument is that there exists a link between risk perceptions and economic behavior. The paper raises conjectures through a utility-theoretic economic model and examines these through two separate surveys, the first being a hypothetical agroterrorist attack and the second a hypothetical discovery of ‘bird flu’ in the United States. The results provide strong evidence that risk perception and fear can interact with consumption in an economically significant way.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Journal of Socio-Economics - Volume 39, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 1–10
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