A homeowner's dilemma: Anchoring in residential real estate transactions

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-92

  Bucchianeri, Grace W ^a   Minson, Julia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Behavioral economics; Housing; Listing prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875822693     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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