Theory of planned behavior approach to understand the green purchasing behavior in the EU: A cross-cultural study

Ecological Economics

Volumn 125, Issue , 2016, Pages 38-46

  Liobikiene, Genovaite ^a,c   Mandravickaite, Justina ^b   Bernatoniene, Jurga ^c  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Vytautas Magnus   (Lithuania)

^c LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; European Union; Green purchase; Sustainable consumption; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPEAN UNION; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84962033257     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.02.008     Document Type: Article

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