Information sufficiency and attribution of responsibility: Predicting support for climate change policy and pro-environmental behavior

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 727-746

  Yang, Z Janet ^a   Seo, Mihye ^b   Rickard, Laura N ^c   Harrison, Teresa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; Information processing; policy support; pro environmental behavior

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DATA PROCESSING;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; EXPERIMENTAL SURVEY; MITIGATION POLICIES; NEGATIVE AFFECTS; POLICY SUPPORT; PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIORS; RISK INFORMATION SEEKING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84931003726     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2014.910692     Document Type: Article

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