Socioeconomic status and consumption in an emerging economy

International Journal of Research in Marketing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-18

  Kamakura, Wagner A ^a   Mazzon, Jose A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Emerging economies; Household consumption; Middleclass; Social class; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873262786     PISSN: 01678116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijresmar.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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