Learning the value of Eco-Labels: The role of information in sustainable decisions
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Keywords
Attention; Sustainability ratings; conjoint analysis; information treatments; Mouselab;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- D87 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Neuroeconomics
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2024-09-23 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-EDU-2024-09-23 (Education)
- NEP-ENE-2024-09-23 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2024-09-23 (Experimental Economics)
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