Competition and price variation when consumers are loss averse

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1245-1268

  Heidhues, Paul ^a   Koszegi, Botond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 53349097371     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.4.1245     Document Type: Article

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