“At least I didn’t lose money” Nominal Loss Aversion Shapes Evaluations of Housing Transactions
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- Thomas A. Stephens & Jean-Robert Tyran, 2012. "“At least I didn’t lose money” - Nominal Loss Aversion Shapes Evaluations of Housing Transactions," Discussion Papers 12-14, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics.
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bounded rationality; housing transactions; loss aversion; money illusion;JEL classification:
- A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D00 - Microeconomics - - General - - - General
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