The context, or reference, dependence of economic values: Further evidence and some predictable patterns

Handbook of Contemporary Behavioral Economics: Foundations and Developments

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 423-440

  Knetsch, Jack L ^a   Tang, Fang Fang ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Chinese University of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 78649620344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315703879-32     Document Type: Chapter

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