The scarcity bias

Applied Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 453-468

  Mittone, Luigi ^a   Savadori, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

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EID: 67249136457     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2009.00401.x     Document Type: Review

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