The role of exploratory buying behavior tendencies in choices made for others

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 517-525

  Chowdhury, Tilottama G ^a   Ratneshwar, S ^b   Desai, Kalpesh Kaushik ^c  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68349160822     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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