Does excessive buying for self relate to spending on pets?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 392-396

  Ridgway, Nancy M ^a   Kukar Kinney, Monika ^a   Monroe, Kent B ^a   Chamberlin, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Excessive buying; Focus group; Internet sample; Pet spending; Pets

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149108120     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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