Waste prevention and social preferences: The role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations

Ecological Economics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 163-176

  Cecere, Grazia ^a,b   Mancinelli, Susanna ^c,d   Mazzanti, Massimiliano ^c,d,e  

^a Institut Mines Télécom Business School   (France)

^b European Chair on Intellectual Capital and RITM University Paris Sud   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies) Research Centre   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extrinsic motivations; Green preferences; Intrinsic motivations; Recycling; Social norms; Waste reduction

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; POLLUTION POLICY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECYCLING; SOCIAL POLICY; SURVEYING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EUROPE;

EID: 84906830666     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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