The Role of Feasibility and Desirability Considerations in Near and Distant Future Decisions: A Test of Temporal Construal Theory

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-18

  Liberman, Nira ^a   Trope, Yaacov ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032349304     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.1.5     Document Type: Article

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