Distressing events and future purchase decisions: Jewish consumers and the Holocaust

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 263-276

  Podoshen, Jeffrey ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Ethnic groups; Judaism; Marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349139329     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363760910965864     Document Type: Article

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