Public decisions or private decisions? When the specific case guides public decisions

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-100

  Kogut, Tehila ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Affective reactions; Identifiable effect; Perceiving persons and groups; Public decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449128029     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.613     Document Type: Article

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