Response to “The Necessity for Longitudinal Studies in Risk Perception Research”

search to arrive at better insights into how important risk perceptions really are in individual decisions about the implementation of mitigation measures. We agree that more longitudinal studies are indeed needed and could make an important contribution to the growing literature on individual behavior with respect to natural hazards. However, also longitudinal studies have their drawbacks. Reasons why longitudinal studies are rarely applied in these types of studies are that:

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