The willingness to pay - Willingness to accept gap, the "Endowment effect," subject misconceptions, and experimental procedures for eliciting valuations: Reply

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1012-1028

  Plott, Charles R ^a   Zeiler, Kathryn ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 79955026622     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.2.1012     Document Type: Note

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