Making the decision to move to retirement housing

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-54

  Gibler, Karen Martin ^a   Lumpkin, James R ^b   Moschis, George P ^c  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Consumer marketing; Decision making; Housing; Older consumers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347174934     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363769810202673     Document Type: Article

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