The effect of ambiguous risk, and coordination on farmers' adaptation to climate change - A framed field experiment

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2317-2326

  Alpizar, Francisco ^a   Carlsson, Fredrik ^b   Naranjo, Maria A ^a  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Climate change; Field experiment; Risk; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COFFEE; COORDINATE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FIELD SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

EID: 80053334821     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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