Money Doesn't Stink. Or Does It? The Effect of Immorally Acquiring Money on Its Spending

Current Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-385

  Kardos, Peter ^a   Castano, Emanuele ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Guilt; Magical contagion; Money; Morality; Spending

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870828676     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-012-9154-1     Document Type: Article

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