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Of Music And Choice
"Our results suggest that a principal mechanism whereby popularity ratings affect consumer choice is through the anxiety generated by the mismatch between one's own preferences and the others'. This mismatch anxiety motivates people to switch their choices in the direction of the consensus." Miller-McCune 01/25/10
Posted January 25, 2010 08:55 AM





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