Differentiation of determinants of low-cost and high-cost recycling

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 402-408

  Andersson, M ^a   von Borgstede, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Low cost hypothesis; Personal norms; Recycling; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149285001     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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