Purchase deadline as a moderator of the effects of price uncertainty on search duration

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-44

  Lemieux, James ^a   Peterson, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Duration analysis; Inter temporal consumer choice; Search

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651434303     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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