Environmental values and lifestyles as determining factors of ecological consumer behaviour: An empirical analysis

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-144

  Fraj, Elena ^a   Martinez, Eva ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Ecology; Lifestyles; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646858318     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363760610663295     Document Type: Article

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