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Loss Aversion

Loss Aversion is a cognitive bias in behavioral economics and behavioral finance whereby individuals evaluate outcomes relative to a reference point and systematically weight potential losses more heavily than objectively equivalent gains, leading them to prefer avoiding losses over acquiring comparable gains.

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Loss Aversion in Riskless Choice: A Reference-Dependent Model

Amos Tversky, Daniel Kahneman · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1991 · 6.4K citations

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Anomalies: The Endowment Effect, Loss Aversion, and Status Quo Bias

Daniel Kahneman, Jack L. Knetsch, Richard H. Thaler · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 1991 · 5K citations · Full text

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Are Investors Reluctant to Realize Their Losses?

Terrance Odean · The Journal of Finance · 1998 · 3.8K citations

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The Disposition to Sell Winners Too Early and Ride Losers Too Long: Theory and Evidence

Hersh Shefrin, Meir Statman · The Journal of Finance · 1985 · 3.4K citations

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When choice is demotivating: Can one desire too much of a good thing?

Sheena S. Iyengar, Mark R. Lepper · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2000 · 2.8K citations

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  1. CF
    Colin F. Camerer

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    19 publications · 3.4K citations

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  2. HB
    Han Bleichrodt

    Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

    15 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. EJ
    Eric J. Johnson

    Columbia University, United States

    14 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. MZ
    Marcel Zeelenberg

    Tilburg University, Netherlands

    14 publications · 2.3K citations

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  5. RH
    Richard H. Thaler

    University of Chicago, United States

    14 publications · 12.9K citations

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  1. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    30 h-index

    65 publications

    7.8K citations

  2. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    29 h-index

    55 publications

    7.4K citations

  3. Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    28 h-index

    52 publications

    5.5K citations

  4. Tilburg University

    Tilburg, The Netherlands

    27 h-index

    54 publications

    8.8K citations

  5. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    23 h-index

    40 publications

    12.4K citations

  6. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    23 h-index

    52 publications

    7.5K citations

  7. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    23 h-index

    45 publications

    6.9K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    23 h-index

    49 publications

    7.5K citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 130 publications · 6.1K citations

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  3. Management Science

    45 publications · 6.2K citations

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  4. Journal of Gambling Studies

    60 publications · 2.9K citations

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  5. Journal of Economic Psychology

    40 publications · 2.2K citations

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