What affects green consumer behavior in China? A case study from Qingdao

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 143-151

  Zhao, Hui Hui ^a   Gao, Qian ^b   Wu, Yao Ping ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a   Zhu, Xiao Dong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wuxi Office for Pollution Control of Lake Tai   (China)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Green consumer behavior; Perceived consumer effectiveness; Qingdao

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; PERCEIVED CONSUMER EFFECTIVENESS; PURCHASING BEHAVIORS; QINGDAO; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

PUBLIC POLICY;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84888293439     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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