Behind the veil of ignorance: Self-serving bias in climate change negotiations

Slowing climate change will almost certainly require a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, but agreement on who should reduce emissions by how much is difficult, in part because of the self-serving bias---the tendency to believe that what is beneficial to oneself is also fair. Conducting surveys...

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Main Authors: Peter H. Kriss, George Loewenstein, Xianghong Wang, Roberto A. Weber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2011-10-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/11/11816b/jdm11816b.pdf