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Reference Dependence

Reference Dependence is a property of individual preferences in behavioral economics and decision theory whereby the subjective value of an outcome is defined relative to a reference point, such that utility depends on perceived gains or losses from that reference rather than on absolute levels of wealth or consumption.

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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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Psychology and Economics

Matthew Rabin · eScholarship (California Digital Library) · 1997 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Consumer Choice between Hedonic and Utilitarian Goods

Ravi Dhar, Klaus Wertenbroch · Journal of Marketing Research · 2000 · 2.2K citations

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A Model of Reference-Dependent Preferences

Botond Kőszegi, Matthew Rabin · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2006 · 1.9K citations

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A Model of Reference-Dependent Preferences*

Botond Kőszegi, Matthew Rabin · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2006 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. LG
    Lorenz Göette

    University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. MR
    Matthew Rabin

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    6 publications · 7.9K citations

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  3. BK
    Botond Kőszegi

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    5 publications · 5.5K citations

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  4. CS
    Charles Sprenger

    University of California San Diego, United States

    5 publications · 339 citations

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  5. OH
    Ori Heffetz

    Cornell University, United States

    4 publications · 150 citations

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Institutions

315

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    18.4K citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    918 citations

  5. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    753 citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    919 citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 24 publications · 986 citations

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  2. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

    12 publications · 611 citations

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  3. American Economic Review

    9 publications · 3.9K citations

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  4. Management Science

    9 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. The Quarterly Journal of Economics

    QJE · 6 publications · 11.2K citations

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