Choosing Your Future: Temporal distance and the balance between self-control and indulgence

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1002-1015

  Laran, Juliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 77950193065     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648380     Document Type: Article

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