More information isn’t always better: the case of voluntary provision of environmental quality
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- Ann L. Owen & Julio Videras & Stephen Wu, 2012. "More Information Is Not Always Better: The Case Of Voluntary Provision Of Environmental Quality," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 50(3), pages 585-603, July.
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Keywords
warm glow; environmental quality; public goods contributions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2008-11-25 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2008-11-25 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2008-11-25 (Public Economics)
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