Consumer Reports: Car Buying Guide - Center for Advancing Health
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Endnotes<br />
Getting Tools Used<br />
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For example, see summary of consumer perceived risk as an influence on consumer purchasing<br />
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x<br />
Klein, L.R., Ford, G. T. (2003). <strong>Consumer</strong> search <strong>for</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation in the digital age: An empirical study of<br />
prepurchase search <strong>for</strong> automobiles. Journal of Interactive Marketing 17(3), 29-49. Retrieved Sept. 10,<br />
2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 431266361).<br />
xi<br />
The article did not specify the time period <strong>for</strong> the 30 percent decline. Vlasic, B., Bunkley, N. (2008).<br />
General Motors, driven to the brink. New York Times, (Oct. 26). Retrieved on Oct. 29, 2008, from<br />
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/business/26jane.html?ei=5070&emc=eta1.<br />
xii<br />
Klein, L.R., Ford, G. T. (2003). <strong>Consumer</strong> search <strong>for</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation in the digital age: An empirical study of<br />
prepurchase search <strong>for</strong> automobiles. Journal of Interactive Marketing 17(3), 29-49. Retrieved Sept. 10,<br />
2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 431266361).<br />
xiii<br />
Ratch<strong>for</strong>d, B. T., Talukdar, D., Lee, M. (2007). The impact of the Internet on consumers' use of<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation sources <strong>for</strong> automobiles: A re-inquiry. Journal of <strong>Consumer</strong> Research, 34 (1), 111-119. Retrieved<br />
Aug. 28, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 1281742661).<br />
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