Macro-economic determinants of consumer price knowledge: A meta-analysis of four decades of research

International Journal of Research in Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 341-355

  Estelami, Hooman ^a   Lehmann, Donald R ^b   Holden, Alfred C ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer memory; Macro economics; Price knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042526881     PISSN: 01678116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8116(01)00044-1     Document Type: Article

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