Do administrators have the same priorities for risk reductions as the general public?

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-95

  Carlsson, Fredrik ^a   Daruvala, Dinky ^b   Jaldell, Henrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accidents; Policy making; Risk; Stated preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865823134     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-012-9147-3     Document Type: Article

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