As the crow flies: Bias in consumers' map-based distance judgments

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-39

  Raghubir, Priya ^a   Krishna, Aradhna ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0030515581     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209464     Document Type: Article

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