The Good News-Bad News Effect: Asymmetric Processing of Objective Information about Yourself

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

• Publication date

  2011-05-01

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1257/MIC.3.2.114
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