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Special issue on “cognition and emotion in economic decision making”

Introductory article: explaining economic decisions

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  1. Details about the conference can be found at http://www.unitn.it/events/emotion/index.

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Acknowledgments

We wish to acknowledge the support of the sponsors of the international workshop on Emotion and Cognition in Economic Decision Making: the European Association of Decision Making, the International Association for Research in Economic Psychology, the Laboratory of Cognitive Sciences, the Technologies for Experimental and Computational Economics, the Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education, the University of Bolton, and the Fondazione Rosselli. In addition we would like to thank the Civic Library of Rovereto, and the Museum of Modern Art of Trento-Rovereto for making available the rooms for the parallel sessions and the Auditorium, respectively. Special thanks are due to Ketti Mazzocco: her help in the organization of the workshop was fundamental, and contributed to creating an informal and welcoming atmosphere. Finally, we thank Laura Gilardi and Fondazione Rosselli for professional assistance in all phases of the editing of this special issue, and the reviewers who kindly accepted to invest their time and competence for the making of the special issue.

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  1. Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education, University of Trento, C.so Bettini 31, 38068, Rovereto, Italy

    Nicolao Bonini

  2. School of Health and Social Sciences, University of Bolton, Deane Road, Bolton, BL3 5AB, UK

    Rob Ranyard

  3. Department of Economics, University of Trento, Via Inama 1, 38065, Trento, Italy

    Luigi Mittone

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Bonini, N., Ranyard, R. & Mittone, L. Special issue on “cognition and emotion in economic decision making”. Mind Soc 8, 1–6 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11299-009-0055-4

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