Yielding to Temptation: Self-Control Failure, Impulsive Purchasing, and Consumer Behavior

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 670-676

  Baumeister, Roy F ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036102053     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338209     Document Type: Article

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