Waiting for Merlot: Anticipatory Consumption of Experiential and Material Purchases

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1924-1931

  Kumar, Amit ^a   Killingsworth, Matthew A ^b,c   Gilovich, Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anticipation; experiential purchases; materialism; open materials; waiting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SATISFACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910081235     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614546556     Document Type: Article

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