Socio-demographics, implicit attitudes, explicit attitudes, and sustainable consumption in supermarket shopping

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 77-95

  Panzone, Luca ^a   Hilton, Denis ^b   Sale, Laura ^c   Cohen, Doron ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Diva Creative ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Almost ideal demand system; Grocery shopping; Implicit and explicit attitudes; Mediation analysis; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962134124     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2016.02.004     Document Type: Article

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