A review on consumer external search: Amount and determinants

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 505-519

  Guo, Chiquan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; External information search

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035579180     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007830919114     Document Type: Review

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