Behavioural spillover in the environmental domain: An intervention study

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 381-390

  Lanzini, Pietro ^a   Thøgersen, John ^b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

"Green" shopping; Behavioural spillover; Economic incentives; Field experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908264263     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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