Are preferences incomplete? An experimental study using flexible choices
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Keywords
Incomplete preferences; Preference for fexibility; Experiments;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DCM-2004-04-25 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-EXP-2004-04-25 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-MIC-2004-04-25 (Microeconomics)
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