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Attitudes on Gain and Loss Lotteries: A Simple Experiment

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  • P Brooks
  • H Zank

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  1. U Schmidt & H Zank, 2002. "What is Loss Aversion?," The School of Economics Discussion Paper Series 0209, Economics, The University of Manchester.
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