Though the notion of marketing as exchange has proved conceptually robust since its introduction more than 10 years ago, few empirical marketing studies have used exchange as a guiding paradigm. The author examines male- and female-placed personal advertisements as examples of complex, heterogeneous marketing exchange. Several hypotheses about the exchange resources possessed and sought by men and women are tested.
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