Consumer perception and evaluation of waiting time: A field experiment

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-202

  Antonides, Gerrit ^a   Verhoef, Peter C ^b   Van Aalst, Marcel ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0036383086     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/153276602760335040     Document Type: Article

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