I don't want to hear about it: Rational ignorance among duty-oriented consumers

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-274

  Nyborg, Karine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cognitive dissonance; D11; D62; D64; D89; H41; Information campaigns; Public goods; Q21; Responsibility; Voluntary contributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960895881     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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