Cognitive dissonance as a means of reducing hypothetical bias

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-163

  Alfnes, Frode ^a   Yue, Chengyan ^b   Jensen, Helen H ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apples; Cognitive consistency; Hypothetical bias; Instrument calibration; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953008789     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbq012     Document Type: Article

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