Euro illusion or the reverse? Effects of currency and income on evaluations of prices of consumer products

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 531-542

  Gamble, Amelie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Currency; Income; Price evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745850095     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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