Popular support for climate change mitigation: Evidence from a general population mail survey

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-248

  Lee, Jaeseung Jason ^a   Cameron, Trudy Ann ^b  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conjoint choice; Distributional effects; Mail survey; Sample selection; Selectivity bias; Stated preferences; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; SURVEYS; TAXATION;

CONJOINT CHOICE; DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS; MAIL SURVEYS; SAMPLE SELECTION; STATED PREFERENCES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MITIGATION; MODELING; SEASONALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 52549107693     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-007-9189-1     Document Type: Article

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