Psychosocial variables involved in the construction of lay thinking about the economy: Results of a cross-national survey

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-278

  Bastounis, Marina ^a   Leiser, David ^b   Roland Lévy, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Belief in a just world; Economic beliefs; Locus of control; Na ve economic theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142290992     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(02)00198-8     Document Type: Article

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