Compulsive buying in maturing consumer societies: An empirical re-inquiry

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 509-522

  Neuner, Michael ^a   Raab, Gerhard ^a   Reisch, Lucia A ^b  

^a Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Addiction; Behavioral economics; Compulsive buying; Consumer behavior; Consumer psychology; Consumer research

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644447167     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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