Psychometric and demographic predictors of the perceived risk of terrorist threats and the willingness to pay for terrorism risk management programs

Risk Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1802-1811

  Mumpower, Jeryl L ^a   Shi, Liu ^a   Stoutenborough, James W ^a   Vedlitz, Arnold ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic variables; Psychometric variables; Risk perception; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; HOME LAND SECURITY; NUCLEAR DEVICE; PSYCHOMETRIC VARIABLES; TELEPHONE SURVEY; TERRORISM RISKS; TERRORIST THREATS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); POPULATION STATISTICS; RATING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER SUPPLY;

TERRORISM;

BUILDING; DATA ACQUISITION; EDUCATION; EXPLOSION; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; RISK; ROAD; SECURITY THREAT; SURVEY; TERRORISM; TRAIN; WATER SUPPLY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOMETRIC VARIABLES; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; PSYCHOMETRIC VARIABLES; RISK PERCEPTION; TERRORISM;

ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885432784     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12033     Document Type: Article

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