Failing to Suspect Collusion in Price-Matching Guarantees: Consumer Limitations in Game-Theoretic Reasoning

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-267

  Chatterjee, Subimal ^a   Heath, Timothy B ^b   Basuroy, Suman ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0141528551     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327663JCP1303_07     Document Type: Article

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