Money Attitudes and Compulsive Buying: An Exploratory Investigation of the Emerging Consumer Culture in Mexico

Journal of International Consumer Marketing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 53-74

  Roberts, James A ^a   Sepulvedam, Cesar J ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Compulsory buying; Consumer culture; Mexico; Money attitude scale (MAS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009837438     PISSN: 08961530     EISSN: 15287068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J046v11n04_04     Document Type: Article

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