The Behavioral Economics and Politics of Global Warming: Unsettling Behaviors

by Hersh Shefrin

The main goal of this Element is to provide a psychological explanation for why actual global climate policy is so greatly at odds with the prescriptions of most neoclassical economists. To be sure, the behavioral approach does focus on why neoclassical models are often psychologically unrealistic. However, in this Element the author argues that the unrealistic elements are minor compared to the psychological pitfalls driving politically determined...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009454897
• ISBN13: 9781009454896
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"