Does "000,000" matter? Psychological effects of Turkish monetary reform

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-169

  Amado, Sonia ^a   Teközel, Mert ^a   Topsever, Yurdal ^b   Ranyard, Rob ^c   Del Missier, Fabio ^d   Bonini, Nicolao ^d  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anchoring bias; Currency adaptation; Euro; Price estimation; Turkish monetary reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847752561     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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