Friends of victims: Personal experience and prosocial behavior

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 532-542

  Small, Deborah A ^a   Simonsohn, Uri ^b  

^a Department of Marketing ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 53549103277     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/527268     Document Type: Article

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