The influence of price trend expectations on price trend perceptions: Why the Euro seems to make life more expensive?

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 541-548

  Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a   Schulz Hardt, Stefan ^b   Traut Mattausch, Eva ^a   Frey, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Euro; Expectancy confirmation; Price perception; Prior belief effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644442212     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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