Customer Response to Carbon Labelling of Groceries

Journal of Consumer Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-160

  Vanclay, Jerome K ^a   Shortiss, John ^b   Aulsebrook, Scott ^a   Gillespie, Angus M ^a   Howell, Ben C ^a   Johanni, Rhoda ^a   Maher, Michael J ^a   Mitchell, Kelly M ^a   Stewart, Mark D ^a   Yates, Jim ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b East Ballina Foodworks   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon label; Consumer environmental purchasing behaviour; Ecological footprint; Emissions reduction; Green consumers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952036371     PISSN: 01687034     EISSN: 15730700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10603-010-9140-7     Document Type: Article

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