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Is it really “panic buying”? Public perceptions and experiences of extra buying at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
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Vestergren, S., & Stott, C. (2022). Is it really “panic buying”? Public perceptions and experiences of extra buying at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. PloS one, 17(2), Article e0264618. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264618

Shopping behaviour in response to extreme events is often characterized as "panic buying" which connotes irrationality and loss of control. However, "panic buying" has been criticized for attributing shopping behaviour to people's alleged psychologic... Read More about Is it really “panic buying”? Public perceptions and experiences of extra buying at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.