Eco-labels and willingness-to-pay: A Hong Kong study

Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-290

  Yau, Yung ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Eco label; Environmental consumerism; Green building; Hong Kong; Sustainability; Sustainable design; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993047523     PISSN: 20466099     EISSN: 20466102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20466091211287146     Document Type: Article

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