A comparative study of risk appraisal: A new look at risk assessment in different countries

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