In this paper, we report the results of experiments designed to test whether individuals and groups abide by the axioms of monotonicity, with respect to first-order stochastic dominance and Bayesian updating, when making decisions in the face of risk. The results indicate a significant number of violations of both principles. The violation rate when groups make decisions is substantially lower,...

Successful incorporation of scientific knowledge into environmental policy and decisions is a significant challenge. Although studies on how to bridge the knowledge-action gap have proliferated over last decade, few investigated roles, responsibilities, opportunities for funding bodies meet this In study we present set criteria gleaned from interviews with experts across Canada that can be used...

We offer a UK-based commentary on the recent "Perspective" published in IJHPM by Thakkar and Sullivan. We are sympathetic to the authors' call for increased funding for health service and policy research (HSPR). However, we point out that increasing that investment - in any of the three countries they compare: Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom- will ipso facto not necessarily lea...

The following information is missing from the Funding section: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo also provided support in the form of grant 2013/01352-8. The complete, correct funding information is as follows: This work received funding from Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESPhttp://fapesp.br/) under the grant numbers 2011/22748-1 and 2013/01352-8. T...

The Funding section incorrectly states that " the authors received no specific funding for this work. " The authors would like to correct the statement as follows: Funding: YW was supported by the NSF grant 1430508. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Copyright: © 2015 Wang et al. This is an open access ar...

There are errors in the Funding section. The correct funding information is as follows: The 2015 data collection was supported by the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund (http://swbg-conservationfund.org/). Authors who received the funding were CE and LF. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Copyri...

The following information is missing from the Funding section: “The authors received internal funding for this project from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CAST): http://english.spacechina.com/n16421/index.html. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.” The authors have also provided an u...

The affiliation for the second author is incorrect. Aaron R. Wood is affiliated with #3 and with #6: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. The Funding section is incorrect. The correct funding information is: Funding for this project was provided by National Science Foundation Partnerships for International Research and Educati...