psychology and behavior, risk perception and communication, marketing research strategies, as well as consumer product regulation … -- Risk Communication -- Perception of Product Risks and Benefits: Comprehension of Products and Messages -- Perception of … Product Risks -- Measuring Risk Perception -- The Perception Risk Instrument (PRI) -- Role of Emotions in Risk Perception …

In this paper household level data are used to explore whether unemployment risk is an important factor in the timing … cycle. The model predicts that consumers respond to increases in unemployment risk by postponing purchases of the durable …. Consistent with the model, there is evidence that unemployment risk has a direct effect on the timing of home purchases …