Rational choice with status quo bias

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-29

  Masatlioglu, Yusufcan ^a   Ok, Efe A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endowment effect; Expected utility; Incomplete preferences; Overpricing; Preference reversal phenomenon; Revealed preferences; Status quo bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 13944258604     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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