How should governments make risky policy decisions ?

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 256-271

  Hardaker, J Brian ^a   Fleming, Euan ^a   Lien, Gudbrand ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Perceptions; Policy making; Risk; Subjectivity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449085205     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2009.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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