When Buyers Also Sell: The Implications of Pricing Policies for Customer Satisfaction

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 329-355

  Hoyer, Wayne D ^b   Herrmann, Andreas ^a   Huber, Frank ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0036112125     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.10013     Document Type: Article

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