Consumer decisions in relationships

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 304-314

  Simpson, Jeffry A ^a   Griskevicius, Vladas ^a   Rothman, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Consumer decision making; Dyadic framework; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863095630     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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