The link between environmental attitudes and energy consumption behavior

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-34

  Sapci, Onur ^a   Considine, Timothy ^b  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy use; Environmental attitudes; Household behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923270193     PISSN: 22148043     EISSN: 22148051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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