Equality ratio equity, general linear equity and framing effects in judgments of allocation divisions

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-41

  Wagstaff, Graham F ^a   Huggins, Joanna ^b   Perfect, Tim J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030549477     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199601)26:1<29::AID-EJSP733>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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