Surfing the money tides: Understanding the foreign exchange market through metaphors

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-156

  Oberlechner, Thomas ^a,b,e   Slunecko, Thomas ^c   Kronberger, Nicole ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEBSTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842433631     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466604322916024     Document Type: Article

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