Risk information processing and rational ignoring in the health context

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.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Osimani, Barbara
Published in:	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics). - Elsevier, ISSN 2214-8043. - Vol. 41.2012, 2, p. 169-179
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Rational ignoring \| Information search \| Information value \| Health decision-making

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	D80 - Information and Uncertainty. General ; D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; D83 - Search, Learning, Information and Knowledge ; D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles ; D11 - Consumer Economics: Theory ; D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; B2 - History of Economic Thought since 1925
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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