Dinner with Bayes: On the revision of risk beliefs
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- Hammitt, James K. & Rheinberger, Christoph, 2015. "Dinner with Bayes: On the Revision of Risk Beliefs," TSE Working Papers 15-574, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
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Beliefs; Risk perception; Bayesian updating; Precautionary behavior;JEL classification:
- D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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