Uncertainty, rationality and cooperation in the context of climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-55

  Raihani, Nichola ^a   Aitken, David ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; FREE-RIDERS; FREE-RIDING; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GLOBAL SCALE; SOCIAL DILEMMAS;

GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLLECTIVE ACTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GREENHOUSE GAS; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052267478     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-0014-4     Document Type: Article

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