Public expectations and perceptions of inflation may affect economic decisions, and have subsequent effects on actual inflation. The Michigan Survey of Consumers uses questions about “prices in general” to measure expected and perceived inflation. Median responses track official measure of...

Public expectations and perceptions of inflation may affect economic decisions, and have subsequent effects on actual inflation. The Michigan Survey of Consumers uses questions about “prices in general” to measure expected and perceived inflation. Median responses track official measure of...

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 The Context of Risk Communication -- 1.2 The Goals of Risk Communication -- 1.3 The Goals of Communication Recipients -- 1.4 Criticisms of Risk Communication -- 1.5 How People Think about Risk and...

In this chapter, we report on three psychometric scaling studies, summarized in Table 1. In each study, participants rated a given set of hazards on a range of risk characteristics and indicated the degree of risk reduction and regulation they desired. Based on this data, we explore the...