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Experimental tests of the endowment effect (1994)

Abstract
The discrepancy between WTA and WTP is supposed to be a manifestation of the endowment effect (KKT). The discrepancy between the average WTA-WTP disappears in the sense of statistical significance (Shogren et. at.) in settings with repeated interactions. In this paper we reexamine the KKT experimental procedures for identifying an endowment effect for consumer goods. No evidence of income or role effects is found. We show that even though the discrepancy between WTA-WTP diminishes undertrading can still persist in markets.

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Contributors Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía
Repository Archivo Institucional de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)
Keywords Endowment Effect, Willingness to Accept, Willingness to Pay, Undertrading, Economía
Type Research paper, Research paper
Language English
Relation Working Papers. Economics, 1994-19-10