Mistake #37: The effect of previously encountered prices on current housing demand

Economic Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 508, 2006, Pages 175-199

  Simonsohn, Uri ^a   Loewenstein, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 33645947016     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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