Social emotions and intertemporal choice: "hot" mechanisms for building social and economic capital

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 280-284

  Desteno, David ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Decision making; Emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849136518     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01652.x     Document Type: Article

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