Money and thinking: Reminders of money trigger abstract construal and shape consumer judgments

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1154-1166

  Hansen, Jochim ^a   Kutzner, Florian ^b   Wänke, Michaela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 84875026035     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667691     Document Type: Article

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