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Please, let's get an answer—any answer: Need for consumer cognitive closure

  1. David C. Houghton1,*,
  2. Rajdeep Grewal2

Article first published online: 6 OCT 2000

DOI: 10.1002/1520-6793(200011)17:11<911::AID-MAR1>3.0.CO;2-4

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Psychology & Marketing

Psychology & Marketing

Volume 17, Issue 11, pages 911–934, November 2000

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Houghton, D. C. and Grewal, R. (2000), Please, let's get an answer—any answer: Need for consumer cognitive closure. Psychol. Mark., 17: 911–934. doi: 10.1002/1520-6793(200011)17:11<911::AID-MAR1>3.0.CO;2-4

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  1. 1

    Northwest Nazarene University

  2. 2

    Washington State University—Pullman

*Business Department, Northwest Nazarene University, 623 Holly St., Nampa, ID 83686

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  1. Issue published online: 6 OCT 2000
  2. Article first published online: 6 OCT 2000

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