Do people respond to low probability risks? Evidence from tornado risk and manufactured homes

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-196

  Sutter, Daniel ^a   Poitras, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Expected utility; Mobile homes; Natural hazards; Risk perception; Tornadoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893967364     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-010-9087-8     Document Type: Article

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