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• Alesch, D. J.; Peak, W. J.
  Politics and Economics of Earthquake Hazard Mitigation. Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Southern California. Program on Environment and Behavior.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1986, 294 p.
  Keywords: Seismic design; Unreinforced concrete; Comparative evaluations; Political aspects; Public policy; Disasters; Soil-structure interactions; Decision making; Natural hazards; Mitigation; Risk assessment; Costs; Perception; Legislation; Case studies; Earthquakes; Masonry; Policy making; Earthquake resistant structures; Retrofitting; Buildings; Building codes; Economic factors

• Palm, R. I.; Hodgson, M. E.
  Natural Hazards in Puerto Rico: Attitudes, Experience, and Behavior of Homeowners. Program on Environment and Behavior.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1993, 166 p.
  Identifying Number(s): ISBN-1-877943-09-6
  Keywords: ; Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Hurricanes; Comparative evaluations; Public policy; Disasters; Floods; Mitigation; Risk assessment; Perception; State planning; California; Insurance; Attitudes; Puerto Rico; Public opinion; Human behavior; Local planning; Surveys; Earthquakes

• Singh, H.; Thayer, M. A.; Murdoch, J. C.
  Loma Prieta Earthquake: An Event Study of Changes in Risk Perceptions and the Housing Market.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation., January 1992, 117 p.
  Keywords: Prices; Benefit cost analysis; Loma Prieta Earthquake; California; San Francisco Bay Area; Least squares method; Earthquake damage; Risk; Market value; Perception; Soil properties; Residential buildings; Economic factors

• Kunreuther, H.; Meyer, R.; Van den Bulte, C.
  Risk Analysis for Extreme Events: Economic Incentives for Reducing Future Losses.
  National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD. Building and Fire Research Lab., October 2004, 108 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NIST-GCR-04-871
  Keywords: Economic incentives; Risk assessment; Low probabliity-high consequence events; Natural disasters; Risk management; Extreme events; Incentives; Hazards; Perception; Cooperation