The value of environmental status signaling

Ecological Economics

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-11

  Delgado, Michael S ^a   Harriger, Jessica L ^b   Khanna, Neha ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental public goods; Hedonic; Hybrid cars; Quasi experimental; Signaling value

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84921506215     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.12.021     Document Type: Article

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