The mental accounting of time

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 772-781

  Rajagopal, Priyali ^a   Rha, Jong Youn ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mental accounts

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949085734     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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