Turning to space: Social density, social class, and the value of things in stores

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 196-213

  O’Guinn, Thomas Clayton ^a   Tanner, Robin J ^a   Maeng, Ahreum ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Crowding; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938086858     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jcr/ucv010     Document Type: Article

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