Consumer boycotts: The impact of the Iraq war on french wine sales in the U.S

Quantitative Marketing and Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-67

  Chavis, Larry ^a   Leslie, Phillip ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Boycott; Consumer behavior; Free riding; Wine

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449102831     PISSN: 15707156     EISSN: 1573711X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11129-008-9043-y     Document Type: Article

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