The role of the transaction as a mediator of responses to the “theatre ticket” problems of Kahneman and Tversky was investigated. The hypothesis that implicit budgeting triggers topical organisation received some support. A further hypothesis, that social interaction is a salient feature of the problem, was not supported.
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