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Are teams prone to myopic loss aversion? An experimental study on individual versus team investment behavior

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  • Sutter, Matthias, 2007. "Are teams prone to myopic loss aversion? An experimental study on individual versus team investment behavior," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 97(2), pages 128-132, November.
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