Mental representation of economic crisis in Italian and Swiss samples

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-14

  Savadori, Lucia ^a   Nicotra, Eraldo ^b   Rumiati, Rino ^b   Tamborini, Roberto ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Economics; Mental representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540570     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.60.1.11     Document Type: Article

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