A model of reference-dependent preferences

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1133-1165

  Köszegi, Botond ^a   Rabin, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33646349613     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.121.4.1133     Document Type: Article

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