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| Title: | | What can I get for it? A theoretical and empirical re-analysis of the endowment effect  |
| Authors: | | Lunn, Pete Lunn, Mary |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | ESRI working paper 385 |
| Abstract: | | We hypothesise and confirm a previously unnoticed pattern within pre-existing data on the endowment effect, collected via seven experiments employing the original design. Subjects with low valuations in binary choice relative to other subjects set a proportionally higher willingness to accept. Those with high valuations set a proportionally lower willingness to pay. The results challenge current theories, including models of reference dependent preferences. The findings imply that buyers and sellers consider not only their own preferences, but also their perceptions of potential deals. We propose a model of optimal exchange that rationalises this behaviour and accounts for the new findings. |
| Subjects: | | endowment effect willingness to pay willingness to accept loss aversion |
| JEL: | | D03 D81 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | ESRI Working Papers, The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
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