Direct evidence of ending-digit drop-off in price information processing

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 771-783

  Bizer, George Y ^a,c   Schindler, Robert M ^b  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 27144466376     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20084     Document Type: Review

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