The role of formal and informal forces in shaping consumption and implications for sustainable society: Part ii

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2573-2592

  Power, Kate ^a   Mont, Oksana ^b  

^a Copenhagen Resource Institute ^*  (Denmark)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumption behavior; Psychological contexts; Socio cultural factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867291383     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2082573     Document Type: Review

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