How and why 1 year differs from 365 days: A conversational logic analysis of inferences from the granularity of quantitative expressions

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 248-259

  Charles Zhang, Y ^a   Schwarz, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84863992422     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662612     Document Type: Article

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