Behavioral economics for environmental policy

Ecological Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 640-645

  Venkatachalam, L ^a  

^a MADRAS INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Behavioral anomalies; Bounded rationality; Endowment effect; Hyperbolic discounting and Environmental policy

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PREDICTION; RATIONALIZATION;

EID: 52049121308     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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