Understanding auction fever: A framework for emotional bidding

Electronic Markets

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-207

  Adam, Marc T P ^a   Krämer, Jan ^a   Jähnig, Caroline ^b   Seifert, Stefan ^a   Weinhardt, Christof ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auction fever; Auctions; Emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054819277     PISSN: 10196781     EISSN: 14228890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12525-011-0068-9     Document Type: Article

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