A spoonful of choice: How allocation increases satisfaction with tax payments

Journal of Public Policy and Marketing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-238

  Lamberton, Cait ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Choice; Reactance; Satisfaction; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890258752     PISSN: 07439156     EISSN: 15477207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jppm.11.084     Document Type: Article

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