Consumer information search revisited: Theory and empirical analysis

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 263-277

  Moorthy, Sridhar ^a   Ratchford, Brian T ^b   Talukdar, Debabrata ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 0031504888     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209482     Document Type: Article

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