The endowment effect and the reference state: Evidence and manipulations

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 407-413

  Knetsch, Jack L ^a   Wong, Wei Kang ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Endowment effect; Exchange experiments; Reference state

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349267817     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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