The behavioural economics of climate change

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 280-297

  Brekke, Kjell Anne ^a   Johansson Stenman, Olof ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavioural economics; Climate negotiations; Equity premium puzzle; Prospect theory; Social preferences

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; MODELING;

EID: 55749104961     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grn012     Document Type: Article

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