Blessed are those who expect nothing: Lowering expectations as a way of avoiding disappointment
- 12 February 2003
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Economic Psychology
- Vol. 24 (4) , 505-516
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-4870(02)00211-8
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