The effectiveness of soft transport policy measures: A critical assessment and meta-analysis of empirical evidence

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-26

  Möser, Guido ^a   Bamberg, Sebastian ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Car use reduction; Evaluations research; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949118670     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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