Antecedents of Egyptian consumers' green purchase intentions: A hierarchical multivariate regression model

Journal of International Consumer Marketing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-126

  Mostafa, Mohamed M ^a  

^a GULF UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Egypt; Green marketing; Multiple hierarchical regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751534011     PISSN: 08961530     EISSN: 15287068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J046v19n02_06     Document Type: Article

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