All Ranks Are Local: Why Humans Are Both (Painfully) Aware and (Surprisingly) Unaware of Their Lot in Life

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 124-125

  Norton, Michael I ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84879526101     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2013.794689     Document Type: Note

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