Boycott or Buycott?: Internal Politics and Consumer Choices
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Boycott or Buycott?: Internal Politics and Consumer Choices
Do political tensions affect economic relations? In particular, does politics significantly affect consumer choices? Firms are often threatened by consumer boycotts that pretend to modify their business strategies and behavior. Sometimes these are caused by general political conflicts. The main objective of the paper is to study the consequences of political conflicts between Spain and Cataloni...
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عنوان ژورنال: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2194-6108,1935-1682
DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2014-0111