Money in the bank: Feeling powerful increases saving

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 610-623

  Garbinsky, Emily N ^a   Klesse, Anne Kathrin ^b   Aaker, Jennifer ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84906977732     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676965     Document Type: Article

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