Choosing outcomes versus choosing products: Consumer-focused retirement investment advice

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 440-456

  Goldstein, Daniel G ^a   Johnson, Eric J ^b   Sharpe, William F ^c  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 53549126880     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589562     Document Type: Article

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