The Institutional Foundations of Materialism in Western Societies: A Conceptualization and Empirical Test

William E. Kilbourne; Michael J. Dorsch; Pierre McDonagh; Bertrand Urien; Andrea Prothero; Marko Grünhagen; Michael Jay Polonsky; David Marshall; Janice Foley; Alan Bradshaw; Marko Grunhagen

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The Institutional Foundations of Materialism in Western Societies: A Conceptualization and Empirical Test

William E. Kilbourne
, Michael J. Dorsch
, Pierre McDonagh
, Bertrand Urien
, Andrea Prothero
, Marko Grünhagen
, Michael Jay Polonsky
, David Marshall
, Janice Foley
, Alan Bradshaw
, Marko Grunhagen

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Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Macromarketing
Volume	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0276146709334298
State	Published - Sep 1 2009

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Economics
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology

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