Positive Affect and Decision Processes: Some Recent Theoretical Developments With Practical Implications

Handbook of Consumer Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 273-296

  Isen, Alice M ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809570-18     Document Type: Chapter

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