TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1985//
TI  - A Bayesian perspective on biases in risk perception
JO  - Economics letters
A1  - Viscusi, W. Kip
SP  - 59
EP  - 62
VL  - 17
IS  - 1-2
N2  - Psychological risk perception studies have shown that individuals overassess low frequency events and underassess high frequency events. This letter develops a new test that reconciles these findings with the Bayesian learning approach frequently used in economic analysis.<p /> 
LA  - 
SN  - 0165-1765
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(85)90127-2
ID  - ref1
ER  -