Economic influences on moral values

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Östling, Robert ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive dissonance; Consumer theory; Endogenous preferences; Moral values; Self serving bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649118793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2044     Document Type: Article

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