Assessment of the Regional Economic Impacts of Catastrophic Events: CGE Analysis of Resource Loss and Behavioral Effects of an RDD Attack Scenario

Risk Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 583-600

  Giesecke, J A ^a   Burns, W J ^b   Barrett, A ^c   Bayrak, E ^d   Rose, A ^d   Slovic, P ^b   Suher, M ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ABS CONSULTING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Radiological dispersal; Risk perception; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ASSET VALUE; ATTACK SCENARIOS; BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIC AGENTS; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; LOS ANGELES; PRICE DISCOUNT; RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSAL; RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSAL DEVICE; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SUPPLY COSTS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

COSTS; ECONOMICS; RADIOLOGY; REGIONAL PLANNING; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS; TERRORISM;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CAPITAL MARKET; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; PRICE DYNAMICS; RADIOACTIVITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; RESOURCE USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SUBURBAN AREA; TERRORISM; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEAR; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PERCEPTION; RISK; TERRORISM;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859208801     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01567.x     Document Type: Article

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