Benjamin, Daniel K; Dougan, William R; Buschena, David - In: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 22 (2001) 1, pp. 35-57
Using new survey data, we test the hypothesis that individuals' perceptions of health and safety risks are unbiased. While we find that respondents' estimates of those risks are sensitive to the information they are given to anchor their responses, we find no evidence to support the widely held...