Propensity of green consumption behaviors in representative cities in China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 133, Issue , 2016, Pages 1328-1336

  Li, Yan ^a   Lu, Yi ^a   Zhang, Xiyue ^b   Liu, Leping ^a   Wang, Minghan ^a   Jiang, Xiaoqun ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Green products; Influential factors; Multivariate logistic regression; Premium price for green products; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GREEN CONSUMPTION; GREEN PRODUCTS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; MARKETING CHANNELS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84992453274     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.012     Document Type: Article

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