The "Fair Trade" Effect: Health Halos From Social Ethics Claims

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 581-589

  Schuldt, Jonathon P ^a   Muller, Dominique ^b   Schwarz, Norbert ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics morality; health; judgment and decision making; self identity; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865165354     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611431643     Document Type: Article

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