Wealth, Post-materialism and Consumers' Pro-environmental Intentions: A Multilevel Analysis across 25 Nations

Sustainable Development

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 385-399

  Mostafa, Mohamed M ^a  

^a GULF UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Environmental intentions; Environmental policy; Green marketing; Multilevel modeling; Post materialism

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MODELING;

EID: 84890789744     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.517     Document Type: Article

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