Is the endowment effect an expectations effect?

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1396-1422

  Heffetz, Ori ^a   List, John A ^b  

^a SAS Institute Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84905704546     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12084     Document Type: Article

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