Information availability and consumer preference: Can online retailers benefit from providing access to competitor price information?

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 149-159

  Trifts, Valerie ^a   Häubl, Gerald ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0038120933     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327663jcp13-1&2_13     Document Type: Review

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