An intergenerational common pool resource experiment

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 811-836

  Fischer, Maria Elisabeth ^a   Irlenbusch, Bernd ^b   Sadrieh, Abdolkarim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C72; C92; D62; Free riding intentions; Growth and altruism; Intergenerational common pool resources; Q20

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EXPLOITATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCES;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTRUISM; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 4143059349     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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