The role of consumers in product-oriented environmental policy: Can the consumer be the driving force for environmental improvements?

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 331-338

  Niva, Mari ^a   Timonen, Päivi ^a  

^a National Consumer Research Centre (NCRC)   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consumer decision making; Consumers; Environmental policy; Product chain; Product policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844354441     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1470-6431.2001.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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