Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214363 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
CREMA Working Paper No. 2006-17
Publisher: 
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel
Abstract: 
This chapter discusses the role of environmental morale and environmental motivation in individual behavior from the point of view of economics and psychology. It deals with the fundamental public good problem, and presents empirical (laboratory and field) evidence on how the cooperation problem can be overcome. Four different theoretical approaches are distinguished according to how individuals' underlying environmental motivation is modeled. Specifically, we look at the interaction between environmental policy and environmental morale through the lens of cognitive evaluation theory (also known as crowding theory).
Subjects: 
environmental morale
environmental policy
motivation crowding
pro-social preferences
public good problem
JEL: 
D64
H41
Q50
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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