Willpower depletion and framing effects

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-61

  de Haan, Thomas ^a   van Veldhuizen, Roel ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Ego depletion; Experiment; Framing; Willpower; Willpower depletion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934301222     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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