A theory of reference-dependent behavior

DOI10.1007/s00199-008-0387-zzbMath1173.91357OpenAlexW3021663471MaRDI QIDQ2391062

Jose Apesteguia, Miguel Ángel Ballester

Publication date: 24 July 2009

Published in: Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10230/853

zbMATH Keywords

rationalizationindividual rationalitypath independencehabit formationreference-dependenceaddictionstatus-quo bias

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social and behavioral sciences: general topics (91C99) Individual preferences (91B08) Social choice (91B14)

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