Anchoring and yea-saying with private goods: An experiment

Using Experimental Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-19

  Bateman, Ian ^a   Munro, Alistair ^b   Rhodes, Bruce ^c   Starmer, Chris V ^d   Sugden, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77953573664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781847203045.00006     Document Type: Chapter

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