Do Choices Affect Preferences? Some Doubts and New Evidence

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-94

  Holden, Steinar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 84872649371     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00983.x     Document Type: Article

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