Household consumption: Influences of aspiration level, social comparison, and money management

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 753-769

  Karlsson, Niklas ^a   Dellgran, Peter ^a   Klingander, Birgitta ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Home economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 11044219897     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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