Introduction

Abstract

Purpose – This chapter is the introductory chapter for the volume.

Approach – We begin with “A Fable for Our Time” and discuss the role that laboratory experimental social science research can play in policy issues regarding energy, the environment, and sustainability. We follow this general discussion with a chapter-by-chapter summary of the volume.

Citation

Isaac, R.M. and Norton, D.A. (2011), "Introduction", Isaac, R.M. and Norton, D.A. (Ed.) Experiments on Energy, the Environment, and Sustainability (Research in Experimental Economics, Vol. 14), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0193-2306(2011)0000014003