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  • Decision Making in Hazard and Resource Management 
    Kunreuther, Howard; Slovic, Paul (1986)
  • A comparative analysis of risk perception in Hungary and the United States 
    Slovic, Paul; Fischhoff, Baruch; Englander, Tibor; Farago, Klara (1986)
    Studies of risk perception attempt to determine how people characterize and evaluate the hazards of daily life. In the present study, questionnaires that have been used to study risk perception in the United States were ...
  • Informing and educating the public about risk 
    Slovic, Paul (1986)
    The objective of informing and educating the public about risk issues seems easy to attain in principle, but, in practice, may be difficult to accomplish. This paper attempts to illustrate why this is so. To be effective, ...
  • The Evolution of Command and Control Systems 
    Fischhoff, Baruch; Johnson, Stephen (Decision Research, 1986-04)
    Complex technical systems go through a series of stages in their evolution from a concept of how to meet a possible challenge to an operational version responding to real-world crises. The present analysis offers a ...
  • Behavioral decision theory perspectives on protective behavior 
    Slovic, Paul; Fischhoff, Baruch; Lichtenstein, Sarah (Cambridge University, 1987)
  • Ripples in a pond: Forecasting industrial crises 
    Slovic, Paul (1987)
    Accidents, discoveries of pollution, safety violations, product tampering epi sodes and other "unfortunate events" occurring within complex industrial systems can be conceptualised as pebbles dropped in a pond. The impacts ...
  • Perception of risk 
    Slovic, Paul (1987)
    Studies of risk perception examine the judgements people make when they are asked to characterize and evaluate hazardous activities and technologies. This research aims to aid risk analysis and policy-making by providing ...
  • Decision making 
    Slovic, Paul; Lichtenstein, Sarah; Fischhoff, Baruch (Wiley, 1988)
  • Risk Perception of Prescription Drugs: Report on a Survey in Sweden 
    Slovic, Paul; Kraus, Nancy; Lappe, Henner; Letzel, Heintz; Malmfors, Torbjorn (1989)
  • The perception and management of therapeutic risk 
    Slovic, Paul (1989)
    Technology has enhanced our ability to harness our environment, eradicate dread diseases, and fashion a life of comfort and leisure. But it has become apparent that these benefits are accompanied by a variety of hazardous ...
  • Creating Algorithms as an Aid to Judgment 
    Lichtenstein, Sarah; MacGregor, Donald G.; Slovic, Paul (Decision Research, 1989)
    A critical task often performed by decision makers is to make estimates of important points of fact. Previous research has suggested that decomposition of numerical estimation problems can result in improved estimation ...
  • When lives are in your hands: Dilemmas of the societal decision maker 
    Lichtenstein, Sarah; Gregory, Robin; Slovic, Paul; Wagenaar, Willem A. (1990)
    A Societal Decision Maker (SDM) is a person who makes risky decisions on behalf of others. Most of the time, such decisions should be based on the wishes and beliefs pf the affected people. This paper explores a few cases ...
  • Successful Siting Incentives 
    Kunreuther, Howard; Hogarth, Robin; Meszaros, Jacqueline (David Publishing, 1990)
  • What should we know about making risk comparisons? 
    Slovic, Paul; Kraus, Nancy; Covello, Vincent T. (1990)
  • Compatibility Effects in Judgment and Choice 
    Slovic, Paul; Griffin, Dale; Tversky, Amos (1990)
    We investigate the hypothesis that the weight of a stimulus attribute is enhanced by its compatibility with the response mode. The first section demonstrates compatibility effects in predictions of market value (Study 1) ...
  • The causes of preference reversal 
    Tversky, Amos; Slovic, Paul; Kahneman, Daniel (American Economic Association, 1990)
    Observed preference reversal (PR) cannot be adequately explained by violations of independence, the reduction axiom, or transitivity. The primary cause of PR is the failure of procedure invariance, especially the overpricing ...
  • What comes to mind when you hear the words "Nuclear Waste Repository"? A Study of 10,000 Images 
    Slovic, Paul; Layman, Mark; Flynn, James (Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, 1990-11)
    Attempts by the federal government and the nuclear industry to develop sites for disposal of high-level and low-level radioactive wastes have been stymied by public and political opposition. The record of strenuous protest ...
  • Perceived risk, trust, and the politics of nuclear waste 
    Slovic, Paul; Flynn, James; Layman, Mark (1991)
    The Department of Energy's program for disposing of high-level radioactive wastes has been impeded by overwhelming political opposition fueled by public perceptions of risk. Analysis of these perceptions shows them to be ...
  • Risk perception in Poland: A comparison with three other countries 
    Goszczynska, Maryla; Tyszka, Tadeusz; Slovic, Paul (1991)
    The present study is a cross-cultural comparison of risk perception. A psychometric approach has been followed in order to examine quantitative risk judgments of different hazards and the ratings of these same hazards on ...
  • Perceived Risk, Stigma, and Potential Economic Impacts of a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository in Nevada 
    Slovic, Paul; Layman, Mark; Kraus, Nancy; Flynn, James; Chalmers, James; Gesell, Gail (1991)
    This study investigates the potential impacts of the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, upon tourism, retirement and job-related migration, and business development in Las Vegas and the state. ...

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