Biased consumers' hypotheses on price-quality-relationships: Influences of numerical anchors

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Biased consumers' hypotheses on price-quality-relationships: Influences of numerical anchors. / Molz, Günter; Gielnik, Michael; Stephan, Ekkehard.
Consumer Behavior. ed. / Felix Saito. Hauppauge: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009. p. 197-211.

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Molz, G, Gielnik, M & Stephan, E 2009, Biased consumers' hypotheses on price-quality-relationships: Influences of numerical anchors. in F Saito (ed.), Consumer Behavior. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, pp. 197-211.

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Molz, G., Gielnik, M., & Stephan, E. (2009). Biased consumers' hypotheses on price-quality-relationships: Influences of numerical anchors. In F. Saito (Ed.), Consumer Behavior (pp. 197-211). Nova Science Publishers, Inc..

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Molz G, Gielnik M, Stephan E. Biased consumers' hypotheses on price-quality-relationships: Influences of numerical anchors. In Saito F, editor, Consumer Behavior. Hauppauge: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2009. p. 197-211

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