About time: An integrative approach to effective environmental policy

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 684-694

  Hardisty, David J ^a   Orlove, Ben ^b   Krantz, David H ^b   Small, Arthur A ^c   Milch, Kerry F ^b   Osgood, Daniel E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Venti Risk Management ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Energy efficiency; Environmental policy; Interdisciplinary; Intertemporal choice

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PSYCHOLOGY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TRADE-OFF;

HORN OF AFRICA;

EID: 84865769651     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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