Toward Consumption Reduction: An Environmentally Motivated Perspective

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 660-675

  Egea, José Manuel Ortega ^a   De Frutos, Nieves García ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

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EID: 84880004564     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20636     Document Type: Article

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