Identifying individuals' preferences using games: A field experiment in promoting sustainable energy consumption

International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1029-1039

  Baeriswyl, Michael C ^a   Przepiorka, Wojtek ^a   Staake, Thorsten R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Environmental sustainability; Game theory; Green IS

Indexed keywords

CO-OPERATIVE BEHAVIORS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN IS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MODERATING EFFECT; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; UTILITY COMPANIES;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAME THEORY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84884600171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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