On attitude towards choice - Some experimental evidence of choice aversion
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Keywords
Choice Aversion; Choice Attitude; Hyperchoice; Freedom of Choice; Choice Overload;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2012-09-09 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2012-09-09 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2012-09-09 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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