Reference incomes, loss aversion, and physician behavior

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 909-922

  Rizzo, John A ^a   Zeckhauser, Richard J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0242510048     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465303772815817     Document Type: Review

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