“Coherent arbitrariness”: Stable demand curves without stable preferences

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-105

  Ariely, Dan ^a,b   Loewenstein, George ^a,b   Prelec, Drazen ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037331950     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/00335530360535153     Document Type: Article

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