Consumer habits and sustainable consumption

Handbook of Research on Sustainable Consumption

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 243-253

  Verplanken, Bas ^a,b   Roy, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85086396556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781783471270.00026     Document Type: Chapter

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