The process of consumer reactions to possession threats and losses in a natural disaster

Marketing Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 185-199

  Delorme, Denise E ^a   Zinkhan, George M ^b   Hagen, Scott C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Environment; Possession disposition; Qualitative methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744393281     PISSN: 09230645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11002-005-0456-z     Document Type: Article

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