Too much of a good thing? Why altruism can harm the environment?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2145-2149

  Grolleau, Gilles ^a   Ibanez, Lisette ^b   Mzoughi, Naoufel ^c  

^a MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c INRA Ecodeveloppement   (France)

Author keywords

Altruism; Eco labels; Egoism; Public goods

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; PUBLIC GOODS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 64949094612     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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