National survey evidence on disasters and relief: Risk beliefs, self-interest, and compassion

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 13-36

  Viscusi, W Kip ^a   Zeckhauser, Richard J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compassion; Disaster; Disaster relief; Efficient compassion; Flood; Hurricane; Lorenz curve; National survey; Risk belief; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751071868     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-006-0169-6     Document Type: Article

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