Unequal Information, Unequal Allocation: Bargaining field experiments in NE Brazil

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 26, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-101

  Pfaff, Alexander ^a   Velez, Maria Alejandra ^b   Taddei, Renzo ^c   Broad, Kenneth ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Climate; Equity; Field experiments; Uncertainty; Water

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84871712013     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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