Explanations of effects of prior income changes on buying decisions

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 449-463

  Karlsson, Niklas ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^a   Selart, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Decision making; Income change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033177267     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(99)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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