When distance pays off: The role of construal level in spending predictions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 395-398

  Peetz, Johanna ^a   Buehler, Roger ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construal level; Optimistic bias; Prediction; Spending behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655181863     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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