Walking in the shoes of others: Experimental testing of dual-interest and empathy in environmental choice

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 642-653

  Czap, Natalia V ^a   Czap, Hans J ^a   Khachaturyan, Marianna ^b   Lynne, Gary D ^b   Burbach, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation policy; Dual interest model; Empathy; Environmental experiment; Metaeconomics; Selfism; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863474742     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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