Rich information on environmental issues and the poor reflections on consumers' green actions: A behavioral economic approach

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 400-408

  Mitomo, Hitoshi ^a   Otsuka, Tokio ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHUMEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Green actions; Information; Limited memory retention; Projection bias; The environment; Urgency of the problem

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; GREEN ACTIONS; INFORMATION; LIMITED MEMORY; PROJECTION BIAS; THE ENVIRONMENT; URGENCY OF THE PROBLEM;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84863989697     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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