Loss Aversion and Individual Characteristics

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 573-596

  Hjorth, Katrine ^a,b   Fosgerau, Mogens ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discrete choice model; Fixed effects logit estimator; Loss aversion; Non market goods; Stated preference data

Indexed keywords

TRAVEL TIME;

DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS; FIXED EFFECTS; LOSS AVERSION; NON-MARKET GOODS; STATED PREFERENCES;

COMMERCE;

AGE CLASS; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 79960130274     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9455-5     Document Type: Article

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