Money, money, money - how do attitudes toward money impact vanity and materialism? - The case of young Chinese consumers

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-179

  Durvasula, Srinivas ^a   Lysonski, Steven ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Consumer behaviour; Money; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952196833     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363761011027268     Document Type: Article

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