The role of consumers in environmental successes

Consumers, Policy and the Environment A Tribute to Folke Ölander

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 325-355

  Stø, Eivind ^a   Throne Hoist, Harald ^a   Vittersø, Gunnar ^a  

^a Statens institutt for forbruksforskning   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.1007/0-387-25004-2_18     Document Type: Chapter

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