Willingness to Pay for Green Products in Air Travel: Ready for Take-Off?

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 197-208

  Hinnen, Gieri ^a   Hille, Stefanie Lena ^a   Wittmer, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aviation; conjoint; green product; sustainable transport

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREEN ECONOMY; POLLUTION TAX; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84947318963     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1909     Document Type: Article

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