Tradition and fashion in consumer choice: Bagging the scottish munros

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-381

  Bentley, Alex ^a   Ormerod, Paul ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Volterra Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMODITY MARKET; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 66349103887     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2009.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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