Happiness for Sale: Do Experiential Purchases Make Consumers Happier Than Material Purchases?

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Consumer Research

• Publication date

  2009-01-28

• Fields of study

  Economics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1086/597049
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