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BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS

Running out of time

Nature Sustainability volume 1, pages 162–163 (2018)Cite this article

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Choosing how much to take and how much to preserve from our environment is a challenging task, and every small decision counts. A behavioural experiment sheds new light on how time pressure negatively affects sustainability decisions.

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Hauser, O.P. Running out of time. Nat Sustain 1, 162–163 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0052-x

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