Money isn't everything, but it helps if it doesn't look used: How the physical appearance of money influences spending

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1330-1342

  Di Muro, Fabrizio ^a   Noseworthy, Theodore J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 84875045502     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668406     Document Type: Article

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