How climate-friendly behavior relates to moral identity and identity-protective cognition: Evidence from the European social surveys
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- Heinz Welsch, 2020. "How Climate-Friendly Behavior Relates to Moral Identity and Identity-Protective Cognition: Evidence from the European Social Surveys," Working Papers V-431-20, University of Oldenburg, Department of Economics, revised Jul 2020.
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Climate-friendly behavior; Moral identity; Climate change cognition; Moral Foundations;All these keywords.
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- Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
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