Bid or buy? individual shopping traits as predictors of strategic exit in on-line auctions

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-84

  Angst, Corey ^a   Agarwal, Ritu ^b   Kuruzovich, Jason ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auctions; Behavioral predictors; Buy It Now; Hedonic need; Impulse buying; On line auctions; Product knowledge; Shopping traits; Strategic exit; Trait competitiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949083418     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415130102     Document Type: Article

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