One model fits all? - On the moderating role of emotional engagement and confusion in the elicitation of preferences for climate change adaptation policies

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1178-1188

  Fischer, Anke ^a   Glenk, Klaus ^a,b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation to climate change; Decision making; Dual process models; Emotions; Flooding; Governance; Heuristics; Information processing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FLOODING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HETEROGENEITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY APPROACH; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79953758312     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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