Risk information processing and rational ignoring in the health context

Barbara Osimani

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2012, vol. 41, issue 2, 169-179

Abstract: Findings about the desire for health-risk information are heterogeneous and sometimes contradictory. In particular, they seem to be at variance with established psychological theories of information-seeking behavior.

Keywords: Rational ignoring; Information search; Information value; Health decision-making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B2 D01 D11 D12 D80 D81 D83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2011.10.009

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