Search Results - subject:"reference state"

Komlos, John - 2014

According to the endowment effect there is some discomfort associated with giving up a good, that is to say, we are willing to give up something only if the price is greater than the price we are willing to pay for it. This implies that the indifference curves should designate a reference point...

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Behavioral Indifference Curves

Komlos, John - CESifo - 2014

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Behavioral indifference curves

Komlos, John - 2014

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The influence of priming on reference states

Matthey, Astrid - In: Games 1 (2010) 1, pp. 34-52

reference state she compares it to. According to economic theory, the reference state is determined by past, present and future …

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The Influence of Priming on Reference States

Matthey, Astrid - In: Games 1 (2010) 1, pp. 34-52

reference state she compares it to. According to economic theory, the reference state is determined by past, present and future …

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Don't aim too high: The potential costs of high aspirations

Matthey, Astrid; Dwenger, Nadja - 2008

. We use a novel, indirect approach that allows us to infer the determinants of the reference state from observed behavior …

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Manipulating reference states: The effect of attitudes on utility

Matthey, Astrid - 2008

In economic theory, utility depends on past, present and future outcomes. The experiment described in this paper suggests that utility also depends on people's attitudes, and that it can easily be manipulated through these attitudes. The results imply, first, that purely outcome-based models of...

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Don’t aim too high: the potential costs of high aspirations

Matthey, Astrid; Dwenger, Nadja - Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, … - 2008

. We use a novel, indirect approach that allows us to infer the determinants of the reference state from observed behavior …, indirect approach that allows us to infer the determinants of the reference state from observed behavior, rather than to rely … on cheap talk. JEL classification: D11, D84, C91 Keywords: aspirations, reference state, expectations, individual utility …

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Manipulating Reference States: the Effect of Attitudes on Utility

Matthey, Astrid - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

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Don't aim too high: the potential costs of high aspirations

Matthey, Astrid; Dwenger, Nadja - 2007

. We use a novel, indirect approach that allows us to infer the determinants of the reference state from observed behavior …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263846