Consumers' inferences about quality across diverse service providers

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1066-1078

  Reimer, Anja ^a   Folkes, Valerie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 76249131384     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20312     Document Type: Article

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