Green defaults: Information presentation and pro-environmental behaviour

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-73

  Pichert, Daniel ^a   Katsikopoulos, Konstantinos V ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision research; Defaults; Energy; Policy making; Pro environmental behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149101801     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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