This paper further tests dual interest theory and the metaeconomics approach to environmental choice, recognizing a possible role for empathy–sympathy (the basis for an internalized, shared other-interest) in tempering and conditioning the more fundamental tendency to pursue self-interest. To...

Recent environmental economics literature regarding global problems, like for example those associated with greenhouse gases, focuses on the emergence of international co-operation and underlying incentives. International co-operation among countries is necessary in the case of global pollution,...

Empirical investigation of global warming models in economics have started basically with simple calibrations of control models where the whole world was represented by a single agent. Theoretical advances in disaggregated game theoretic models have also motivated the analysis of disaggregated...

This study develops a theoretical framework of heterogeneous consumer preferences to examine theeffect of voluntary and mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) on consumer purchasingdecisions and welfare when consumers view COOL information as an attribute that differentiatesproducts...

We examine the impact of food labels that make unsupported claims of food safety and labels that provide information to support such claims on consumer choices and examine consumers' willingness to pay for beef products with these different food safety labeling cues. Empirical results from a...