Applications of evolutionary psychology in marketing

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1005-1034

  Saad, Gad ^a   Gill, Tripat ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0034348120     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6793(200012)17:12<1005::AID-MAR1>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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