Honestly, why are you driving a BMW?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-146

  Johansson Stenman, Olof ^a   Martinsson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental concern; Preference falsification; Self deception; Self image; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645855853     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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