Perceived inflation and expected future prices in different currencies

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-416

  Gärling, Tommy ^a   Gamble, Amelie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Currency unit; Expected future prices; Intuitive judgments; Perceived inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749146903     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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