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Book reviewed in this article: Foxall, Gordon R., Consumer Psychology in Behavioral Perspective Holland, Max, When the Machine Stopped: A Cautionary Tale from Industrial America Keller, Morton, Regulating a New Economy: Public Policy and Economic Change in America, 1900–1933 Klebaner, Benjamin J., American Commercial Banking: A History Mandell, Lewis, The Credit Card Industry: A History Mashaw, Jerry L. and David L. Harfst, The Struggle for Auto Safety Palm, Risa I., Michael E. Hodgson, R. Denise Blanchard, and Donal I. Lysons, Earthquake Insurance in California: Environmental Policy and Individual Decision Making Richards, Jef I., Deceptive Advertising: Behavioral Study of a Legal Concept Spulber, Daniel F., Regulation and Markets     

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Book reviews in this article Baxter, J. L., Behavioral Foundations of Economics Bearden, William O., Richard G. Netemeyer, and Mary F. Mobley, editors, Handbook of Marketing Scales: Multi-Item Measures for Marketing and Consumer Behavior Research Bruner, Gordon C. II, and Paul J. Hensel, Marketing Scales Handbook: A Compilation of Multi-Item Measures Bird, Edward J., The Welfare Cost of Income Uncertainty: A Nonparametric Analysis of Households in the United States and Western Germany Holbrook, Morris B., Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandise: The Price is Right Huffman, Wallace E. and Robert E. Evenson, Science for Agriculture: A Long-Term Perspective Klapp, Merrie G., Bargaining With Uncertainty: Decision-Making in Public Health, Technological Safety, and Environmental Quality Lebergott, Stanley, Pursuing Happiness: American Consumers in the Twentieth Century Levenstein, Harvey, Paradox of Plenty: A Social History of Eating in Modern America Liebhardt, William C., editor, The Dairy Debate: Consequences of Bovine Growth Hormone and Rotational Grazing Technologies Reifner, Udo and Janet Ford, editors, Banking for People: Social Banking and New Poverty, Consumer Debts and Unemployment in Europe—National Reports Stroble, Frederick R., Upward Dreams, Downward Mobility: The Economic Decline of the American Middle Class     

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Conner, John M., Richard T. Rogers, Bruce W. Marion, and Willard F. Mueller, The Food Manufacturing Industries. Czepiel, John A., Michael R. Solomon, and Carol R. Surprenant, The Service Encounter: Managing Employee/Custómer Interaction in Service Business.     

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Book reviewed in this article McCracken, Grant, Culture and Consumption Johnson, Donald E., Larry R. Meiller, Lorna Clancy Miller, and Gene F. Summers, (editors), Needs Assessment: Theory and Methods Theil, H. and K. W. Clements, Applied Demand Analysis: Results from System-Wide Approaches Hawthorn, Geoffrey (editor), The Standard of Living: The Tanner Lectures, Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1985. Keilman, Nico, Anton Kuijsten, and Ad Vossen, (editors), Modelling Household Formation and Dissolution.     

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Books reviewed in this article Blinder, Alan S., Elie R. D. Canetti, David E. Lebow, and Jeremy B. Rudd, Asking About Prices: A New Approach to Understanding Price Stickiness Erickson, Rita J., “Paper or Plastic?” Energy, Environment, and Consumerism in Sweden and America Garman, E. Thomas, Consumer Economic Issues in America Garman, E. Thomas and Jing J. Xiao, Eds., The Mathematics of Personal Finance: Using Calculators and Computers Morgan, David L. and Richard A. Krueger, The Focus Group Kit Theobald, Robert, Reworking Success: New Communities at the Millennium     

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Books reviewed in this article Engel, James F., David T. Kollat, and Roger D. Blackwell, Consumer Behavior. Garman, E. Thomas and Sidney W. Eckert, The Consumer's World: Buying, Money Management, and Issues. Handbook for the Home, 1973. Paulson, Morton C., The Great Land Hustle. Shell, Adeline Garner, Supermarket Counter Power. Troelstrup, Arch W., The Consumer in American Society.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Managing Human Resources W.F. Cascio and J.W. Thacker. Toronto Human Resource Management in Canada (5th edition) G. Dessler and A. Turner. Human Resource Management: The Canadian Dynamic (2nd edition) S.L. Dolan and R.S. Schuler Human Resource Management (3rd edition) H.T. Stone and N.M. Meltz, Toronto     

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Books reviewed: Masayoshi Tsurumi, Financial Big Bang in Asia R.K. Turner, I.J. Bateman, W.N. Adger, The Economics of Coastal and Water Resources: Valuing Environmental Functions Magnus Blomström and Linda S. Goldberg, Topics in International Economics: A Festschrift in Honor of Robert E. Lipsey Günther G. Schulze and Heinrich W. Ursprung, International Environmental Economics, A Survey of the Issues     

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Caves, Richard E., and Associates, Industrial Efficiency in Six Nations, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992, xii + 492 pages.

National Research Council, Panel on Foreign Trade Statistics, Behind the Numbers: U.S. Trade in the World Economy, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1992, xi + 297 pages.

Fischer, Klaus, and George J. Papaioannou (eds.), Business Finance in Less Developed Capital Markets, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992, xi + 391 pages.

Krugman, Paul R., Currencies and Crises, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1992, xix + 219 pages.

Howell, Thomas R., Alan Wm. Wolff, Brent L. Bartlett, and R. Michael Gadbaw, Conflict Among Nations: Trade Policies in the 1990s, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992, xiv + 633 pages.

Starr, Martin K., Global Corporate Alliances and the Competitive Edge: Strategies and Tactics for Management, New York: Quorum Books, 1991, xiii + 236 pages.

Liesch, Peter W., Government Mandated Countertrade, Aldershot, England: Avebury, 1991, xv + 172 pages.

Kotabe, Masaaki, Global Sourcing Strategy: R&D, Manufacturing, and Marketing Interfaces, New York: Quorum Books, 1992, xviii + 237 pages.     

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Book reviews in this article Anspach, Karlyne. The Why of Fashion. Bauer, Raymond A. and Stephen A. Greyser. Advertising in America: The Consumer View. Baker, Samm S. The Permissible Lie, The Inside Truth About Advertising. Britton, Virginia. Personal Finance. Gilboy, Elizabeth W. A Primer on the Economics of Consumption. Fox, Harold J. The Economics of Trading Stamps. Moore, Geoffrey H. and Philip A. Klein. The Quality of Consumer Instalment Credit. Massy, William F., Ronald E. Frank and Thomas M. Lodahl. Purchasing Behavior and Personal Attributes.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Anderson, Joanne Manning, For the People: A Consumer Action Handbook. Bruce-Briggs, B., The War Against the Automobile. Ferber, Robert (ed.) Selected Aspects of Consumer Behavior: A Summary from the Perspective of Different Disciplines. Hunt, H. Keith (ed.), Conceptualization and Measurement of Consumer Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction McCall, James R., Consumer Protection: Cases, Notes and Materials. Troelstrup, Arch W. and E. Carl Hall, The Consumer in American Society     

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Book reviewed in this articles: Adler, Richard P., Gerald S. Lesser, Laurence K. Meringoff, Thomas S. Robertson, John R. Rossiter, and Scott Ward, The Effects of Television Advertising on Children: Review and Recommendations. Boyte, Harry C., The Backyard Revolution: Understanding the New Citizen Movement. Groves, Robert M. and Robert L. Kahn, Surveys by Telephone: A National Comparison with Personal Interviews. Mandell, Lewis, Consumer Economics. Oshiro, Carl and Harry Snyder, Getting Action: How to Petition State Government. Staddon, J. E. R. (Ed.) Limits to Action: The Allocation of Individual Behavior.     

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Book reviews in this article Antonides, Gerrit, Wil Arts, and W. Fred van Raaij, editors, The Consumption of Time and the Timing of Consumption Boddewyn, Jean J., Global Perspectives on Advertising Self-Regulation: Principles and Practices in Thirty-eight Countries Daly, Jeanne, Ian McDonald, and Evan Willis, editors, Researching Health Care: Designs, Dilemmas, Disciplines Davidson, Martin P., The Consumerist Manifesto: Advertising in Postmodern Times Deaton, Angus, Understanding Consumption Gilgun, Jane F., Kerry Daly, and Gerald Handel, editors, Qualitative Methods in Family Research Liston, Margaret I., History of Family Economics Research: 1862-1962—A Bibliographical, Historical, and Analytical Reference Book Lunt, Peter K. and Sonia M. Livingstone, Mass Consumption and Personal Identity: Everyday Economic Experience Mamiya, Christin J., Pop Art and Consumer Culture: American Super Market Marcus, Alfred A. Controversial Issues in Energy Policy Morse, Richard L. D., Truth in Savings with Centsible Interest™ and Morse Rate Tables Nava, Mica, Changing Cultures: Feminism, Youth, and Consumerism     

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Books reviewed in this article Alwitt, Linda F. and Thomas D. Donley, The Low-Zncome Consumer: Adjusting the Balance of Exchange Apple, Rima D., Vitamania: Vitamins in American Culture Becker, Gary S., Accounting for Tastes Citro, Constance F. and Robert T. Michael, editors, Measuring Poverty: A New Approach, Washington Critchlow, Donald T., Studebaker: The Life and Death of an American Corporation Garvey, Ellen Gruber, The Adman in the Parlor: Magazines and the Gendering of Consumer Culture Goodwin, Neva R., Frank Ackerman, and David Kiron, editors, The Consumer Society, Volume 2: Frontier Issue in Economic Thought de Grazia, Victoria, editor, The Sex of Things: Gender and Consumption in Historical Perspective Preston, Ivan L., The Great American Blowup: Puffery in Advertising and Selling Schansberg, D. Eric, How Poor Government Policy Harms the Poor Stokowski, Patricia, Riches and Regrets: Betting on Gambling in Two Colorado Mountain Towns Swartz, Thomas R. (editor) and Kathleen Maas Weigert, America's Working Poor Weems, Robert E., Jr., Black Business in the Black Metropolis: The Chicago Metropolitan Assurance Company, 1925–1985     

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Books reviewed in this article: Chapman, John M. and Robert P. Shay, Licensed Lending in New York. Kawaja, Michael, The Regulation of the Consumer Finance Industry: A Case Study of Rate Ceilings and Loan Limits in New York State. Furuhashi, Y. Hugh and E. Jerome McCarthy, Social Issues of Marketing in the American Economy. Hunter, Beatrice Trum, Consumer Beware. Katona, George, Burkhard Strumpel, and Ernest Zahn, Aspirations and Affluence. Simon, Julian L., Issues in the Economics of Advertising. Warmke, Roman F., Wyllie, Eugene D., Wilson, W. Harmon and Eyster, Elvin, Consumer Economic Problems.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Maital, Shlomo, Minds, Markets & Money: Psychological Foundations of Economic Behavior Thompson, Fred and L. R. Jones, Regulatory Policy and Practices Silber, Norman Isaac, Test and Protest: The Influence of Consumers Union Downs, Anthony, Rental Housing in the 1980s Menzel, Paul T., Medical Costs, Moral Choices: A Philosophy of Health Care Economics in America Courtney, Alice E. and Thomas W. Whipple, Sex Stereotyping in Advertising     

Recension des livres Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Citizens Irving: K.C. Irving and His Legacy John DeMont. Just a Simple Pharmacist: The Story of Murray Koffler, Builder of the Shoppers Drug Mart Empire Frank Rasky. The Pez: The Manic Life of the Ultimate Promoter Jennifer Wells. Mr. Sam: The Life and Times of Samuel Bronfman Michael R. Marrus. Managing Older Employees Gordon F. Shea. Research in Global Strategic Management: Volume 2 - 1991.Globul Competition and the European Community Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke (Eds.) Contemporary Canadian Business (Yd edition) Steven H. Appelbaum, M. Dale Beckman, Louis E. Boone and David L. Kurtz. Introduction to Canadian Business (4th edition) Frederick A. Starke, Brian E. Owen, John A. Reinecke, Gary Dressler and William F. Schoell. Canadian Business: Issues and Stakeholders Robert W. Sexty. An Introduction to Business Decision Making: Text and Cases (4th edition) Marilyn Campbell, John Graham, John Heywood-Farmer, and John Humphrey.     

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Books reviewed in this article: Baker, C. Edwin, Advertising and a Democratic Press Beller, Andrea H. and John W. Graham, Small Change: The Economics of Child Support Haveman, Robert and Barbara Wolfe, Succeeding Generations: On the Effects of Investments in Children Holbrook, Morris B. and Elizabeth C. Hirschman, The Semiotics of Consumption: Interpreting Symbolic Consumer Behavior in Popular Culture and Works of Art Howells, Geraint, Comparative Product Liability Keat, Russell, Nigel Whiteley, and Nicholas Abercrombie, editors, The Authority of the Consumer Kirkpatrick, Jerry, In Defense of Advertising: Arguments from Reason, Ethical Egoism, and Laissez-Faire Capitalism Kline, Stephen, Out of the Garden: Toys, TV; and Children's Culture in the Age of Marketing Lucas, J. R., Responsibility Marcus, Alan I., Cancer from Beet DES, Federal Food Regulation, and Consumer Confidence Pollak, Robert A. and Terence J. Wales, Demand System Specification and Estimation Salisbury, Dallas L. and Nora Super Jones, editors, Pension Funding and Taxation: Implications for Tomorrow Seiter, Ellen, Sold Separately: Parents and Children in Consumer Culture Thaler, Richard H., The Winner's Curse, Paradoxes and Anomalies of Economic Life Walsh, John P., Supermarkets Transformed: Understanding Organizational and Technological Innovations Zelizer, Viviana A., The SocialMeaning of Money     

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Book reviewed in this article: Bradshaw, Thorton and David Vogel, (editors), Corporations and their Critics: Issues and Answers to the Problems of Corporate Social Responsibility Clarkson, Kenneth W. and Muris, Timothy J., (editors), The Federal Trade Commission Since 1970: Economic Regulation and Bureaucratic Behavior Heggestad, Arnold A., (editor), Regulation of Consumer Financial Services Kemeny, Jim, The Myth of Home Ownership Phillips, Susan M., and J. Richard Zecher, The SEC and the Public Interest Simon, Julian L., The Ultimate Resource