It's Only a Matter of Time: Death, Legacies, and Intergenerational Decisions

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 704-709

  Wade Benzoni, Kimberly A ^a   Tost, Leigh Plunkett ^b   Hernandez, Morela ^c   Larrick, Richard P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

death; decision making; discounting; dying; intergenerational; legacy; meaning; mortality; priming; time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863972767     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612443967     Document Type: Article

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