Judgment, Decision Making, and Public Policy

Blackwell Handbook of Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 604-623

  Pidgeon, Nick ^a   Gregory, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Decision Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Ecological hazards; Mortality; Public policy; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889301720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752937.ch30     Document Type: Chapter

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