Auction fever: Exploring informational social influences on bidder choices

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 411-416

  Chen, Yi Fen ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERNET;

COMMERCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERNET;

EID: 79960551819     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0355     Document Type: Article

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