Shame for money: Shame enhances the incentive value of economic resources

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-85

  Wang, Chia Chi ^a   Cheng, Ying Yao ^a   Chiou, Wen Bin ^a   Kung, Chun Chia ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emotion; Feelings as information; Money; Self interested behaviors; Shame

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863023104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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