Socially embedded consumer transactions: for what kinds of purchases do people most often use networks?

American Sociological Review

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 619-637

  DiMaggio, Paul ^a   Louch, Hugh ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; GOODS EXCHANGE; NETWORKING;

EID: 0031743966     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657331     Document Type: Article

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