The selectivity effect of past experience on purchasing decisions: Implications for the WTA-WTP disparity

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 739-746

  Tsur, Matan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Endowment effect; Experienced utility; Predicted utility; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849142537     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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