Appeals to social norms as policy instruments to address consumption externalities

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 447-454

  Kallbekken, Steffen ^a   Westskog, Hege ^a   Mideksa, Torben K ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Externality; Policy instruments; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953083442     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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