TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in subjective risks of hurricanes as time passes
T2 - Analysis of a sample of Katrina evacuees
AU - Baker, Justin
AU - Shaw, W. Douglass
AU - Riddel, Mary
AU - Woodward, Richard T.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Using a quasi-field experiment, we report on subjects' perceptions of the risks of hurricanes. All experimental subjects were displaced by either Hurricane Katrina or Rita, in New Orleans and other Gulf Coast areas, except for a small control group consisting of people who live in central Texas. We examine their perceptions of risks just after the hurricanes occurred, and over one year later to evaluate the change in subjective risk perceptions over time. A latent risk model is estimated in which subjective probabilities of hurricane strike risk are represented as a function of respondents' demographic characteristics and experiences following the storms.
AB - Using a quasi-field experiment, we report on subjects' perceptions of the risks of hurricanes. All experimental subjects were displaced by either Hurricane Katrina or Rita, in New Orleans and other Gulf Coast areas, except for a small control group consisting of people who live in central Texas. We examine their perceptions of risks just after the hurricanes occurred, and over one year later to evaluate the change in subjective risk perceptions over time. A latent risk model is estimated in which subjective probabilities of hurricane strike risk are represented as a function of respondents' demographic characteristics and experiences following the storms.
KW - Ambiguity
KW - Hurricane Katrina/Rita
KW - Subjective risk
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/61449122077
U2 - 10.1080/13669870802452798
DO - 10.1080/13669870802452798
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:61449122077
SN - 1366-9877
VL - 12
SP - 59
EP - 74
JO - Journal of Risk Research
JF - Journal of Risk Research
IS - 1
ER -