Losing more than gaining from overall stable prices: The differential perception of increasing versus decreasing prices made the Euro look like a price booster

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 786-799

  Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a   Greifeneder, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 49849105015     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.476     Document Type: Article

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