Motivating Environmental Action in a Pluralistic Regulatory Environment: An Experimental Study of Framing, Crowding Out, and Institutional Effects in the Context of Recycling Policies

Law and Society Review

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 405-442

  Feldman, Yuval ^a,b   Perez, Oren ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84861318154     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2012.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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