Is variety the spice of life? It all depends on the rate of consumption

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 230-238

  Galak, Jeff ^a   Kruger, Justin ^b   Loewenstein, George ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Diversification bias; Variety

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955764803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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