Influence of children on purchasing decisions of well-to-do families

Young Consumers

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-52

  Isin, F Bahar ^a   Alkibay, Sanem ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children (kinship); Influence; Purchasing; Social class; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927562933     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473611111114777     Document Type: Article

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