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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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Paper provided by Economics, The University of Manchester in its series The School of Economics Discussion Paper Series with number 0402.

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  1. Senderski, Marcin, 2011. "Justifiable thrift or feverish animal spirits: What stirred the corporate credit crunch in Poland?," MPRA Paper 56613, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  2. Ulrich Schmidt & Horst Zank, 2005. "What is Loss Aversion?," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 30(2), pages 157-167, January.

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