Spending their way to adulthood: Consumption outside the nest

Young Consumers

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-169

  Penman, Sarah ^a   Mcneill, Lisa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Consumption; Lifestyles; Young adults; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992998999     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473610810901598     Document Type: Article

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