Perils of compensatory consumption: Within-domain compensation undermines subsequent self-regulation

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1186-1203

  Lisjak, Monika ^a   Bonezzi, Andrea ^b   Kim, Soo ^c   Rucker, Derek D ^d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAS Institute Inc   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84921770960     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/678902     Document Type: Article

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