Price endings, left-digit effects, and choice

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 328-335

  Manning, Kenneth C ^a   Sprott, David E ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70149086691     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597215     Document Type: Article

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