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University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist Max Besbris on his new consumer analysis of the housing market.

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A New Website for JCR

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We have created a new journal website with the goal of better highlighting our community of consumer researchers and the important work we do.

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We asked Dr. Allison Pugh, Sociology Professor at the University of Virginia and member of the JCR Policy Board.

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26 December 202027 December 2020 Markus Giesler 86 Views

The Race in the Marketplace Initiative (RIM) is an international transdisciplinary research network dedicated to knowledge production on the historic,

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We have been busy writing new content for our new website, but we need more!  If you have published a

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The Editors

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Bernd Schmitt, Columbia Business School
June Cotte, Ivey Business School
Markus Giesler, Schulich School of Business
Andrew Stephen, Saïd Business School
Stacy Wood, NC State University

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Current Issue

  • Hiding from the Truth: When and How Cover Enables Information Avoidance
    Source: Journal of Consumer Research Current Issue | Published: 21 June 2020 - 8:00 pm
  • The Role of Emotion Discourse and Pathic Stigma in the Delegitimization of Consumer Practices
    Source: Journal of Consumer Research Current Issue | Published: 24 June 2020 - 8:00 pm
  • Reviewing Experts’ Restraint from Extremes and Its Impact on Service Providers
    Source: Journal of Consumer Research Current Issue | Published: 14 July 2020 - 8:00 pm
  • How Concrete Language Shapes Customer Satisfaction
    Source: Journal of Consumer Research Current Issue | Published: 17 July 2020 - 8:00 pm
  • I Own, So I Help Out: How Psychological Ownership Increases Prosocial Behavior
    Source: Journal of Consumer Research Current Issue | Published: 19 July 2020 - 8:00 pm
  • How Does Religion Affect Consumer Response to Failure and Recovery by Firms?
    Source: Journal of Consumer Research Current Issue | Published: 2 September 2020 - 8:00 pm
  • A Dragging-Down Effect: Consumer Decisions in Response to Price Increases
    Source: Journal of Consumer Research Current Issue | Published: 11 November 2020 - 7:00 pm
  • Our Journal, Our Intellectual Home
    Source: Journal of Consumer Research Current Issue | Published: 13 January 2021 - 7:00 pm

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  • The Experiential Aspects of Consumption: Consumer Fantasies, Feelings, and Fun by Morris Holbrook and Elizabeth Hirschman (1982)
    The Experiential Aspects of Consumption: Consumer Fantasies, Feelings, and Fun by Morris Holbrook and Elizabeth Hirschman (1982)

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