A blind spot in driving decisions: How neglecting costs puts us in overdrive

Climatic Change

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 285-290

  Feiler, Daniel C ^a   Soll, Jack B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLIND SPOTS; CARBON EMISSIONS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FINANCIAL COSTS;

COSTS;

EID: 72749087038     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9759-z     Document Type: Letter

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