Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35773 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3855
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using data on the valuation of Christmas gifts received by students in different fields at a German university, we investigate whether the endowment effect differs between students of economics and other respondents and whether it varies with the market price of the object under consideration. Our estimation results suggest that economics students have both, a significant lower WTP and WTA, indicating that existing studies on the efficiency loss of holiday gifts and experimental studies on the endowment effect that rely on data from economics students may be biased. The result further indicates that the endowment effect is independent of the market price of the object.
Subjects: 
Loss aversion
endowment effect
Christmas presents
deadweight loss
JEL: 
D01
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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