On the Relation between Willingness to Accept and Willingness to Pay
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Keywords
Willingness To Pay; Willingness To Accept; Endowment Effect; Loss Aversion;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C90 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - General
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
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- NEP-DCM-2022-04-11 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-ENV-2022-04-11 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2022-04-11 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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