Learning the value of a new currency from prices

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-52

  Juliusson, Asgeir ^a   Gamble, Amelie ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CAPITAL FINANCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 17444384854     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.11.1.45     Document Type: Article

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