Reference-dependent risk attitudes

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1047-1073

  Koszegi, Botond ^a   Rabin, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 35348884340     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.4.1047     Document Type: Review

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