A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RISK AOPPRAISAL: A NEW LOOK AT RISK ASSESSMENT IN DIFERENT COUNTRIES

摘要

This study examines perceived risk data from the U.S. China, Japan, and South Korea. These data are then compared with similar results collected from previous studies. Psychometric scaling scores from Burkino Faso (a West African Country), France, Norway, and Hungary have been analyzed and comapred with results from our study. The data reveal certain risk events like nuclear weapons, war, and AIDS to have high perceived risks in all countries. These data also show that many of the events have dissimilar perceived risks in different countries. The conclusions also show some countries have higher over all levels of perceive risk (South Korea) while others like the United States display generally lowr values.