The effects of need for cognition and trait anxiety on price acceptability

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-42

  Suri, Rajneesh ^a   Monroe, Kent B ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0035529113     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6793(200101)18:1<21::AID-MAR2>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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