More Information Is Not Always Better: The Case Of Voluntary Provision Of Environmental Quality
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- Owen, Ann L. & Videras, Julio & Wu, Stephen, 2008. "More information isn’t always better: the case of voluntary provision of environmental quality," MPRA Paper 11588, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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- 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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