Product Assortment

Handbook of Consumer Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 755-779

  Broniarczyk, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 85145836295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809570-41     Document Type: Chapter

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