Green consumption behavior antecedents: Environmental concern, knowledge, and beliefs

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 335-348

  Pagiaslis, Anastasios ^a   Krontalis, Athanasios Krystallis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84898013470     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20698     Document Type: Article

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