Recycling as a reflection of balanced self-interest: A test of the metaeconomics approach

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-355

  Kalinowski, Catherine M ^a   Lynne, Gary D ^b   Johnson, Bruce ^c  

^a RESOLVE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community interest; Egoism hedonism; Empathy altruism; Metaeconomics; Other interest; Recycling policy; Self interest; Third way policy

Indexed keywords

PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RECYCLING;

EID: 33645539046     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916505279043     Document Type: Article

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