Academic

Vandenbergh & Cohen on Climate Change & Happinesss

By Lawrence Solum

Michael P. Vandenbergh and Mark A. Cohen (Vanderbilt University - School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management) have posted Consumption, Happiness and Climate Change (Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 38, December 2008) on SSRN.  Here is the abstract:

In this article, we explore the implications of this literature for understanding the relationship between climate change policies and consumption. We identify a number of ways in which accounting for the implications of the new happiness literature could lead to laws and policies that influence consumption in ways that increase the prospects for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in developed and developing countries. We do not examine every nuance of the growing happiness literature, but we provide a brief introduction and observations that we hope will stimulate further efforts by academicians and policymakers.

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on November 25, 2008 (boomark / email).