Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

1988 - 2025

Current editor(s): W. Kip Viscusi

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Eliciting decision weights by adapting de Finetti’s betting-odds method to prospect theory pp. 179-199: Enrico Diecidue, Peter Wakker and Marcel Zeelenberg
The sensitivity of subjective probability to time and elicitation method pp. 201-216: Graham Loomes and Judith Mehta
Smoking, information sources, and risk perceptions—New results on Swedish data pp. 217-240: Petter Lundborg
Preferences and decision errors in the winner’s curse pp. 241-257: Ellen Garbarino and Robert Slonim
Stochastic expected utility theory pp. 259-286: Pavlo Blavatskyy

Intertemporal choice under timing risk: An experimental approach pp. 99-121: Selçuk Onay and Ayse Öncüler
Scope insensitivity in health risk reduction studies: A comparison of choice experiments and the contingent valuation method for valuing safer food pp. 123-144: Isabell Goldberg and Jutta Roosen
Dual process theories: A key for understanding the diversification bias? pp. 145-154: Christoph Kogler and Anton Kühberger
Paying for permanence: Public preferences for contaminated site cleanup pp. 155-178: Anna Alberini, Stefania Tonin, Margherita Turvani and Aline Chiabai

Counting casualties: A framework for respectful, useful records pp. 1-19: Baruch Fischhoff, Scott Atran and Noam Fischhoff
The value of mortality risk reductions in Delhi, India pp. 21-47: Soma Bhattacharya, Anna Alberini and Maureen Cropper
Can ranking techniques elicit robust values? pp. 49-66: Ian Bateman, Brett Day, Graham Loomes and Robert Sugden
Perception of own death risk pp. 67-84: Henrik Andersson and Petter Lundborg
Wage compensation for job-related illness: Evidence from a matched employer and employee survey in the UK pp. 85-98: Xiangdong Wei

Learning in the Allais paradox pp. 155-164: Gijs Kuilen and Peter Wakker
Dread risks pp. 165-182: Susan Chilton, Michael Jones-Lee, Francis Kiraly, Hugh Metcalf and Wei Pang
Choices at various levels of uncertainty: An experimental test of the restated diversification theorem pp. 183-196: Ali Ahmed and Göran Skogh
Disappointment without prior expectation: a unifying perspective on decision under risk pp. 197-215: Philippe Delquié and Alessandra Cillo
Reflections on gains and losses: A 2 × 2 × 7 experiment pp. 217-235: Antoni Bosch-Domènech and Joaquim Silvestre

Natural disaster risks: An introduction pp. 5-11: W Viscusi
National survey evidence on disasters and relief: Risk beliefs, self-interest, and compassion pp. 13-36: W Viscusi and Richard Zeckhauser
Adjusting to natural disasters pp. 37-54: V. Smith, Jared Carbone, Jaren Pope, Daniel Hallstrom and Michael Darden
The catastrophic effects of natural disasters on insurance markets pp. 55-72: Patricia Born and W Viscusi
Private investment and government protection pp. 73-100: Carolyn Kousky, Erzo Luttmer and Richard Zeckhauser
Rules rather than discretion: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina pp. 101-116: Howard Kunreuther and Mark Pauly
Planning for natural disasters in a stochastic world pp. 117-130: Lester Lave and Jay Apt
Analyzing disaster risks and plans: An avian flu example pp. 131-149: Baruch Fischhoff, Wändi Bruin, Ümit Güvenç, Denise Caruso and Larry Brilliant

Ambiguity seeking as a result of the status quo bias pp. 175-194: Mercè Roca, Robin Hogarth and A. Maule
Lottery qualities pp. 195-216: Yves Alarie and Georges Dionne
Discount rates and risky sexual behaviors among teenagers and young adults pp. 217-230: Harrell Chesson, Jami Leichliter, Gregory Zimet, Susan Rosenthal, David Bernstein and Kenneth Fife
Willingness to pay for mortality risk reductions: Does latency matter? pp. 231-245: Anna Alberini, Maureen Cropper, Alan Krupnick and Nathalie Simon

An exploration of the offset hypothesis using disaggregate data: The case of airbags and antilock brakes pp. 83-99: Clifford Winston, Vikram Maheshri and Fred Mannering
Cumulative prospect theory's functional menagerie pp. 101-130: Henry Stott
A theoretically-consistent empirical model of non-expected utility: An application to nuclear-waste transport pp. 131-150: Mary Riddel and W. Shaw
The value of improved road safety pp. 151-170: Lars Hultkrantz, Gunnar Lindberg and Camilla Andersson

Behavioral Probabilities pp. 5-15: W Viscusi and William Evans
The Effects of Spousal Health on the Decision to Smoke: Evidence on Consumption Externalities, Altruism and Learning Within the Household pp. 17-35: Ahmed Khwaja, Frank Sloan and Sukyung Chung
Estimates of Own Lethal Risks and Anchoring Effects pp. 37-56: Olivier Armantier
Assessing the Accuracy of Self-Reported Data: an Evaluation of the Toxics Release Inventory pp. 57-76: Scott Marchi and James Hamilton

Relative Risk Aversion: What Do We Know? pp. 243-262: Donald Meyer and Jack Meyer
A Comparison of Five Models that Predict Violations of First-Order Stochastic Dominance in Risky Decision Making pp. 263-287: Michael Birnbaum
Fear of Ruin pp. 289-300: Jérôme Foncel and Nicolas Treich
Loss Averse Behavior pp. 301-325: Peter Brooks and Horst Zank

How Many Balance Functions Does it Take to Determine a Utility Function? pp. 109-127: John Pratt
Explaining Diversities in Age-Specific Life Expectancies and Values of Life Saving: A Numerical Analysis pp. 129-162: Isaac Ehrlich and Yong Yin
How Do Information Ambiguity and Timing of Contextual Information Affect Managers’ Goal Congruence in Making Investment Decisions in Good Times vs. Bad Times? pp. 163-186: Joanna Ho, L. Keller and Pamela Keltyka
Investigating Risky Choices Over Losses Using Experimental Data pp. 187-215: Charles Mason, Jason Shogren, Chad Settle and John List
Individual and Household Values of Mortality Reductions with Intrahousehold Bargaining pp. 217-236: Jon Strand

Smoking Restrictions as a Self-Control Mechanism pp. 5-21: Joni Hersch
The Value of a Statistical Life and the Coefficient of Relative Risk Aversion pp. 23-34: Louis Kaplow
The Diversification Theorem Restated: Risk-pooling Without Assignment of Probabilities pp. 35-51: Göran Skogh and Hong Wu
Heterogeneous and Correlated Risk Preferences in Commercial Fishermen: The Perfect Storm Dilemma pp. 53-71: Martin Smith and James Wilen
A Choice Experiment Approach to the Valuation of Mortality pp. 73-95: Takahiro Tsuge, Atsuo Kishimoto and Kenji Takeuchi