Salience in experimental tests of the endowment effect

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 47-52

  Bordalo, Pedro ^a   Gennaioli, Nicola ^b   Shleifer, Andrei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84863228128     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.3.47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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