Recycling: Social norms and warm-glow revisited

Ecological Economics

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-18

  Abbott, Andrew ^a   Nandeibam, Shasikanta ^b   O'Shea, Lucy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intrinsic motives; Recycling; Social norms; Warm glow

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; RECYCLING; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84875798455     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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