Consumer decisions in the black market for stolen or counterfeit goods

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-171

  Casola, Luca ^a   Kemp, Simon ^a   Mackenzie, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Black market; Counterfeiting

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349126174     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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