Regret in Repeat Purchase versus Switching Decisions: The Attenuating Role of Decision Justifiability

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 116-128

  Inman, J Jeffrey ^a   Zeelenberg, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0036276262     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339925     Document Type: Article

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