Multiple-unit holdings yield attenuated endowment effects

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 545-555

  Burson, Katherine ^a   Faro, David ^b   Rottenstreich, Yuval ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endowment effect; Loss aversion; Prospect theory; Query theory; Value function

Indexed keywords

ENDOWMENT EFFECT; LOSS AVERSION; PROSPECT THEORY; QUERY THEORY; VALUE FUNCTIONS;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84874712564     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1562     Document Type: Article

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