Price-matching guarantees and consumer evaluations of price information

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-158

  Lurie, Nicholas H ^a   Srivastava, Joydeep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 18744404576     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327663jcp1502_7     Document Type: Article

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