Fashions, habits and changing preferences: Simulation of psychological factors affecting market dynamics

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 745-772

  Janssen, Marco A ^a   Jager, Wander ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Changing preferences; Consumer behaviour; Lock in; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035649340     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(01)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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