Possession attachment: Individual differences in the endowment effect

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-393

  Kogut, Tehila ^a   Kogut, Ehud ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ASHKELON ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adult attachment styles; Decision making; Endowment effect; Object evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052563360     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.698     Document Type: Article

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