Status quo bias, multiple priors and uncertainty aversion

DOI10.1016/j.geb.2009.11.007zbMath1230.91028OpenAlexW1970107271MaRDI QIDQ980968

Pietro Ortoleva

Publication date: 8 July 2010

Published in: Games and Economic Behavior (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2009.11.007

zbMATH Keywords

status quo biasambiguity aversionendowment effect

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Individual preferences (91B08)

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