What is the Value of Luxury? A Cross-Cultural Consumer Perspective

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1018-1034

  Hennigs, Nadine ^a   Wiedmann, Klaus Peter ^a   Klarmann, Christiane ^a   Strehlau, Suzane ^b   Godey, Bruno ^c   Pederzoli, Daniele ^c   Neulinger, Agnes ^d   Dave, Kartik ^e   Aiello, Gaetano ^f   Donvito, Raffaele ^f   Taro, Koyama ^g   Táborecká Petrovičová, Janka ^h   Santos, Carmen Rodríguez ⁱ   Jung, Jaehee ^j   Oh, Hyunjoo ^k  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Nove de Julho University   (Brazil)

^c NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

^e Birla Institute of Management Technology   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^g CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84869017764     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20583     Document Type: Article

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