Social Norms and Behavior in the Local Commons as Seen Through the Lens of Field Experiments

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 451-485

  Cardenas, Juan Camilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Collective action; Common pool resources; Laboratory and field experiments; Regulations; Social norms

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS;

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMON POOL RESOURCES; LABORATORY AND FIELD EXPERIMENTS; REGULATIONS; SOCIAL NORM;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FIELDWORK; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCENTIVE; LABORATORY METHOD; REGULATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE USE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; VALUATION;

EID: 79952700326     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9452-8     Document Type: Article

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