Buy low, sell high: The development of an informal theory of economics

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 660-677

  Thompson, Douglas R ^a   Siegler, Robert S ^b  

^a MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE;

EID: 0034185027     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00174     Document Type: Article

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