Beyond the principle of relative constancy: Determinants of consumer mass media expenditures in Belgium

Journal of Media Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 3-19

  Dupagne, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 0041195128     PISSN: 08997764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327736me1002_1     Document Type: Article

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