Competent consumers? Consumer competence profiles in Norway

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 418-427

  Berg, Lisbet ^a  

^a Statens institutt for forbruksforskning   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consumer choice; Consumer competence; Consumer information; Consumer practices; Reflected consumer choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951438959     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2007.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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