How has the Wenchuan earthquake influenced people's intertemporal choices?

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2739-2752

  Li, Jin Zhen ^a,b   Li, Shu ^a   Liu, Huan ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 81355154727     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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