Cross-National Public Opinion on Climate Change: The Effects of Affluence and Vulnerability

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-106

  Kim, So Young ^a   Wolinsky Nahmias, Yael ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; VULNERABILITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84893510015     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/GLEP_a_00215     Document Type: Article

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