Is 7300 m Equal to 7.3 km? Same Semantics but Different Anchoring Effects

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 314-333

  Wong, Kin Fai Ellick ^a   Kwong, Jessica Yuk Yee ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0001591895     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.2000.2900     Document Type: Article

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