Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10474859 | Journal of Economic Theory | 2005 | 29 Pages |
Abstract
Motivated by the empirical findings concerning the importance of one's current situation on her choice behavior, the main objective of this paper is to propose a rational choice theory that allows for the presence of a status quo bias, and that incorporates the standard choice theory as a special case. We follow a revealed preference approach, and obtain two nested models of rational choice that allow phenomena like the status quo bias and the endowment effect, and that are applicable in any choice situation to which the standard (static) choice model applies.
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Authors
Yusufcan Masatlioglu, Efe A. Ok,