Status, race, and money: The impact of racial hierarchy on willingness to pay

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1557-1566

  Ivanic, Aarti S ^a   Overbeck, Jennifer R ^b   Nunes, Joseph C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

money; race; socioeconomic status; status; stereotypes; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055187876     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611419519     Document Type: Article

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