Risk as a primitive: A survey of measures of perceived risk

OR Spectrum

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-250

  Brachinger, H W ^a   Weber, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axiomatic measures of risk; Perceived risk; Risk judgement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845519157     PISSN: 01716468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01539781     Document Type: Review

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