Price and its Relation to Objective and Subjective Product Quality: Evidence from the Austrian Market

Journal of Consumer Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-286

  Kirchler, Erich ^a   Fischer, Florian ^a   Hölzl, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer information; Price quality relation; Product complexity; Product information

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955844430     PISSN: 01687034     EISSN: 15730700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10603-010-9138-1     Document Type: Article

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