Monopoly Money: The Effect of Payment Coupling and Form on Spending Behavior

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-225

  Raghubir, Priya ^a   Srivastava, Joydeep ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

credit cards; economic psychology; gift certificates; money illusion; subjective value of money

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 54949115098     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.14.3.213     Document Type: Article

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