Heterogeneous gender effects under loss aversion in the economics classroom: A field experiment

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 980-994

  Apostolova Mihaylova, Maria ^a   Cooper, William ^b   Hoyt, Gail ^b   Marshall, Emily C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 84956606299     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/soej.12068     Document Type: Article

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