Policy Shock Recalibrating Risk and Regulation after Oil Spills, Nuclear Accidents and Financial Crises
Book contents
- Policy Shock
- Policy Shock
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Conceptual Terrain of Crises and Risk Perceptions
- 2 Economic Analysis, Risk Regulation, and the Dynamics of Policy Regret
- 3 Revised Risk Assessments and the Insurance Industry
- 4 Understanding Public Risk Perception and Responses to Changes in Perceived Risk
- 5 Focusing Events, Risk, and Regulation
- 6 The Story of Risk
- Part II Case Studies on Offshore Oil Spills
- Part III Case Studies on Nuclear Accidents
- Part IV Case Studies of Financial Crises
- Part V Conclusions
- Index
- References
5 - Focusing Events, Risk, and Regulation
from Part I - The Conceptual Terrain of Crises and Risk Perceptions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2017
Book contents
- Policy Shock
- Policy Shock
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Conceptual Terrain of Crises and Risk Perceptions
- 2 Economic Analysis, Risk Regulation, and the Dynamics of Policy Regret
- 3 Revised Risk Assessments and the Insurance Industry
- 4 Understanding Public Risk Perception and Responses to Changes in Perceived Risk
- 5 Focusing Events, Risk, and Regulation
- 6 The Story of Risk
- Part II Case Studies on Offshore Oil Spills
- Part III Case Studies on Nuclear Accidents
- Part IV Case Studies of Financial Crises
- Part V Conclusions
- Index
- References
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