An empirical investigation of the impact of behavioural and psychographic consumer characteristics on car preferences: An integrated model of car type choice

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-110

  Baltas, George ^a   Saridakis, Charalampos ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Car type choice; Consumer preferences; Involvement; Marketing

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY; TRANSPORTATION;

ATTACHMENT; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; INFORMATION SOURCES; INTEGRATED MODELING; INVOLVEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS; VEHICLE TYPE CHOICES;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE;

CAR USE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING; MARKET CONDITIONS; MARKETING; MODEL TEST; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84882942106     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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