The effect of weather on consumer spending

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 512-520

  Murray, Kyle B ^a   Di Muro, Fabrizio ^b   Finn, Adam ^a   Popkowski Leszczyc, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumer choice; Retailing; Weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RETAILING;

EID: 77956877431     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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