Free to buy? Explaining self-control and impulse in consumer behavior

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-26

  Hofmann, Wilhelm ^a   Strack, Fritz ^a   Deutsch, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 44249120309     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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