Alternative models of individual behaviour and implications for environmental policy

Ecological Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-61

  Van Den Bergh, Jeroen C J M ^a   Ferrer I Carbonell, Ada ^b   Munda, Giuseppe ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Endogenous preferences; Habitual behaviour; Lexicographic preferences; Maximizing behaviour; Methodology; Risk and uncertainty; Satisficing; Social context

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MODELING;

EID: 0033985457     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(99)00088-9     Document Type: Article

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