Testing deontological warm glow motivation for carbon abatements

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 96-109

  Braaten, Ragnhild Haugli ^a  

^a Frisch Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Crowding out; Environmental contributions; Experiment; Moral deontology; Warm glow

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPERIMENTS; MOTIVATION;

CARBON ABATEMENT; CROWDING OUT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; MORAL DEONTOLOGY; THIRD PARTIES; WARM GLOW;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXPERIMENT;

EID: 84904732235     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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