Comparing the effectiveness of monetary versus moral motives in environmental campaigning

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-416

  Bolderdijk, J W ^a   Steg, L ^a   Geller, E S ^b   Lehman, P K ^b   Postmes, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE;

EID: 84875715756     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1767     Document Type: Article

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