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Improving climato-economic theorizing at the individual level

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2013

Ronald Fischer
Ronald Fischer*
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6012, New Zealand. Ronald.Fischer@vuw.ac.nzhttp://www.victoria.ac.nz/psyc/about/staff/ronald-fischer
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Abstract

Using representative data from 55 nations, I show that individual level wealth interacts with climate in predicting individual happiness but not postmaterialism values. I propose that more research is needed to identify (a) the specific mechanisms of how wealth buffers climatic demands at the individual level and (b) the neurocognitive and physiological reactions of individuals situated in different ecological niches.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 488 - 489
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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