Author Abstract
A central question for understanding behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic, at both the individual and collective levels, is how people perceive the health and economic risks they face. We conducted a survey of over 1,500 Americans from May 6–13, 2020, to understand these risk perceptions. Here we report some preliminary results. Our most striking finding is that perceived personal health risks associated with COVID-19 fall sharply with age.
Paper Information
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- Working Paper Publication Date: July 2020
- HBS Working Paper Number: NBER Working Paper Series, No. 27494
- Faculty Unit(s): Negotiation, Organizations & Markets