New or recycled products: How much are consumers willing to pay?

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 458-468

  Essoussi, Leila Hamzaoui ^a   Linton, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classes of goods marketed; Consumer behaviour; Green marketing; Payments; Recycling; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955285096     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363761011063358     Document Type: Article

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