Regulatory focus and interdependent economic decision-making

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 692-698

  Gu, Jun ^a   Bohns, Vanessa K ^b   Leonardelli, Geoffrey J ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute value; Economic outcome; Interdependence; Regulatory focus; Relative value; Social orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877081407     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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