Rationality, institutions and environmental policy

Ecological Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-217

  Vatn, Arild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Institutions; Policy formulation; Preference formation; Rational choice; Social constructivism; Values

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 25844487765     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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