Currencies as cultural symbols - An existential psychological perspective on reactions of Germans toward the Euro

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-146

  Jonas, Eva ^a   Fritsche, Immo ^b   Greenberg, Jeff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural worldview; Currencies; Euro; Mortality salience; Terror management theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344227781     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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