Alarmist decisions with divergent risk information

Economic Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 445, 1997, Pages 1657-1670

  Viscusi, W Kip ^a  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0038980036     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.1997.tb00073.x     Document Type: Article

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