De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum: An Experimental Investigation
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- Dasgupta, Utteeyo & Gangadharan, Lata & Maitra, Pushkar & Mani, Subha, 2014. "De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum: An Experimental Investigation," IZA Discussion Papers 8579, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Utteeyo Dasgupta & Lata Gangadharan & Pushkar Maitra & Subha Mani, 2014. "De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum: An Experimental Investigation," Fordham Economics Discussion Paper Series dp2014-07, Fordham University, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Preference stability; State Contingent Preferences; Artefactual Field Experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C9 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2014-08-25 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-DCM-2014-08-25 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-EXP-2014-08-25 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2014-08-25 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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