Bad riddance or good rubbish? Ownership and not loss aversion causes the endowment effect

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 947-951

  Morewedge, Carey K ^a   Shu, Lisa L ^b   Gilbert, Daniel T ^b   Wilson, Timothy D ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650717262     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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