The endowment effect, status quo bias and loss aversion: Rational alternative explanation

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-101

  Dupont, Dominique Y ^a   Lee, Gabriel S ^b  

^a EURANDOM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Bid ask spread; Endowment effect; Loss aversion; Status quo bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141514047     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016371414952     Document Type: Article

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