Consumer socialization in families

Understanding Children as Consumers

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 41-60

  Ekström, Karin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446251539.n3     Document Type: Chapter

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