Behavioural economics, hyperbolic discounting and environmental policy

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-206

  Hepburn, Cameron ^a,b   Duncan, Stephen ^b   Papachristodoulou, Antonis ^b  

^a NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fishery; Hyperbolic discounting; Preference reversal; Resource economics; Time inconsistency

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; FISHERIES;

CONTEXT DEPENDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HYPERBOLIC DISCOUNTING; PREFERENCE REVERSALS; RECENT RESEARCHES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TIME INCONSISTENCY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCOUNT RATE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FISHERY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH WORK; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ECONOMY; STATE ROLE;

EID: 77953081952     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9354-9     Document Type: Article

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