Mistaken identity: Activating conservative political identities induces "conservative" financial decisions: Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1154-1160

  Morris, Michael W ^a   Carranza, Erica ^a   Fox, Craig R ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; POLITICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 57349158511     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02217.x     Document Type: Article

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