Consumer rationality and consumer sovereignty

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-196

  Redmond, William H ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer sovereignty; Decision; Making; Policy; Rational choice; Rationality; Saving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040034251     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003467600402530     Document Type: Article

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