From Knowledge to Action-New Paths Towards Sustainable Consumption

Journal of Consumer Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  ThØgersen, John ^a   Schrader, Ulf ^b  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Policy instruments; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856490198     PISSN: 01687034     EISSN: 15730700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10603-012-9188-7     Document Type: Editorial

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