Trading impressions: Evidence from Costa Rica

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 610, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 217-231

  Wherry, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorotega; Costa Rica; Embeddedness; Handicrafts; Impression management; International tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847684293     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716206296818     Document Type: Review

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