A taste for consistency and survey response behavior

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 181-193

  Falk, Armin ^a   Zimmermann, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consistency; Experiments; Social influence; Survey design

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SURVEY DESIGN;

EID: 84874039914     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: 16127501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifs039     Document Type: Article

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