Demand for refilled reusable products

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 421-436

  Numata, Daisuke ^a   Managi, Shunsuke ^b,c  

^a FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demand; PET bottles; Questionnaires; Refilled containers; Reusable containers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867886388     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10018-012-0037-3     Document Type: Article

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