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Endowment effect

In psychology and behavioral economics, the endowment effect, also known as divestiture aversion, is the finding that people are more likely to retain an object they own than acquire that same object when they do not own it. The endowment theory can be defined as "an application of prospect theory positing that loss aversion associated with ownership…

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related to Connection-based, or "psychological ownership" theories · 25
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related to Individual · 14
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related to Loss aversion · 10
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related to Reference-dependent accounts · 10
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related to Greater sensitivity to market demands for sellers · 9
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