Mental accounting in portfolio choice: Evidence from a flypaper effect

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2085-2095

  Choi, James J ^a   Laibson, David ^b   Madrian, Brigitte C ^c  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 74949142270     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.5.2085     Document Type: Article

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