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dc.contributor.authorMu, D
dc.contributor.authorKaplan, TR
dc.contributor.authorDankers, R
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-09T09:55:32Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-30
dc.description.abstractWe study decisions under different weather warning systems that vary in format and/or information conveyed using a laboratory experiment. Participants have to decide between a safe but costly option (spending to protect from a storm) and a risky option (of not spending for protection). We ran three treatments based upon the severe weather warning system for the UK that the Met Office has been using since 2011, using a risk matrix to communicate the impact and likelihood of an event. In Treatment 1, participants received a colored table with a check in the box of the matrix that showed the likelihood and impact level of the warning. In Treatment 2, participants only had the colored table without a check in the exact box, but with the color of the warning communicated. In Treatment 3, participants only had the color of the warning communicated without seeing the associated table. Overall our work shows that while increasing the information with content of warnings is usually beneficial and increases the trust in the warning system. it must be done with caution since better decisions (judged by higher profits) are not always made with an increase of information.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationAwaiting citationen_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.03.030
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/32376
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherElsevieren_GB
dc.rights.embargoreasonUnder embargo until 30 March 2019 in compliance with publisher policy.en_GB
dc.rights© 2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_GB
dc.subjectWeather warningsen_GB
dc.subjectLaboratory experimentsen_GB
dc.subjectUncertaintyen_GB
dc.subjectDecision makingen_GB
dc.titleDecision Making With Risk-Based Weather Warningsen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.identifier.issn2212-4209
dc.descriptionThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via the DOI in this record.en_GB
dc.identifier.journalInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Reductionen_GB


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