An experimental examination of the house money effect in a multi-period setting

Experimental Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-16

  Ackert, Lucy F ^a,b   Charupat, Narat ^c   Church, Bryan K ^d   Deaves, Richard ^c  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

House money; Prospect theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646477995     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-006-1467-1     Document Type: Article

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