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Individual adaptation to climate change : the role of information and perceived risk
Osberghaus, Daniel; Finkel, Elyssa; Pohl, Max - 2010
-focused information about the effects of climate change influences the personal perceived risk (PPR) of individual people. Based on a … adaptation ; perceived risk ; adaptation motivation ; spatial-temporal distance ; information, protection motivation theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008660634
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Perceptions of efficacy, control, and risk : a theory of mixed control
Monsen, Erik; Urbig, Diemo - 2009
, we introduce the theory of mixed control, a model of compound-risk perception. This theory considers outcome expectancies …-efficacy ; risk perception … as being composed of expectancies regarding three distinct sources of risk (self, others, and chance). This reflects that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809935
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Groupthink : collective delusions in organizations and markets
Bénabou, Roland - 2013
This paper investigates collective denial and willful blindness in groups, organizations and markets. Agents with anticipatory preferences, linked through an interaction structure, choose how to interpret and recall public signals about future prospects. Wishful thinking (denial of bad news) is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729409
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Consumer Perception of Deposit Insurance : Little Awareness, Limited Effectiveness?
Bijlsma, Michiel - 2012
This paper provides unique survey evidence on consumer awareness about deposit insurance. We find that knowledge on the eligibility for deposit insurance is limited, in particular when it concerns small banks. In addition, consumers generally expect an associated payback time that well exceeds...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108095
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Groupthink : Collective Delusions in Organizations and Markets
Bénabou, Roland - 2013
This paper investigates collective denial and willful blindness in groups, organizations and markets. Agents with anticipatory preferences, linked through an interaction structure, choose how to interpret and recall public signals about future prospects. Wishful thinking (denial of bad news) is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083377
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Asymmetric Attention
Kohlhas, Alexandre - 2018
We document simultaneous over- and under-responses to new information by households, firms, and professional forecasters in survey data. Such behavior is inconsistent with existing theories based on either behavioral bias or rational inattention. We develop a structural model of information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012921868
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Attention to the macroeconomy
Link, Sebastian; Peichl, Andreas; Roth, Christopher; … - 2023
Attention to the economy plays a key role in canonical macro models, yet its empirical properties are not well understood. We collect novel measures of attention to the economy based on open-ended survey questions. Our measures are included in tailored panel surveys of German firms and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014445279
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Attention to the macroeconomy
Link, Sebastian; Peichl, Andreas; Roth, Christopher; … - 2023
Attention to the economy plays a key role in canonical macro models, yet its empirical properties are not well understood. We collect novel measures of attention to the economy based on open-ended survey questions. Our measures are included in tailored panel surveys of German firms and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447716
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Attention to the macroeconomy
Link, Sebastian; Peichl, Andreas; Roth, Christopher; … - 2023
We provide evidence on the dynamics, drivers, and consequences of attention to the macroeconomy using tailored panel surveys of German firms and households. Draw-ing on novel measures of attention based on open-ended questions collected before and during a historic shock to inflation, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014382474
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General knowledge about climate change, factors influencing risk perception and willingness to insure
Menny, Claas; Osberghaus, Daniel; Pohl, Max; Werner, Ute - 2011
risk perception of the phenomenon was analysed. We found that a better understanding of the effects of climate change might … correspond with higher risk perception. Further factors affecting the risk perception of climate change are gender, experience of … effective for increasing risk perception and willingness to insure. Higher risk perception might induce higher interest in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354693