Should policy be concerned with objective or subjective risks?
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Keywords
Subjective risk; risk management; risk regulation; risk-perception; information provision; cost-benefit analysis; paternalism;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2003-04-02 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-LTV-2003-04-02 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
- NEP-MIC-2003-04-02 (Microeconomics)
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