Understanding the WTA-WTP gap: Attitudes, feelings, uncertainty and personality

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 895-907

  Georgantzís, Nikolaos ^a   Navarro Martínez, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavioural economics; Choice behaviour; Decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449280627     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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