Arbeitspapier

Testing the Reference-Dependent Model: A Laboratory Search Experiment

Our paper conducts laboratory experiments with the sequential search model to test whether participants engage in search activities in line with theoretical predictions derived from the expected utility model or the reference-dependent model, without assuming any specific formulation rule for a reference point. Our experimental results showed that the participants' search behavior did not align with the reference-dependent model. In addition, the correlation between individual preferences and search behavior reinforced our experimental results; that is, loss aversions were not significantly correlated with search behavior.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 12378

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
Thema
sequential search
loss aversion
risk preference

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Miura, Takahiro
Inukai, Keigo
Sasaki, Masaru
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2019

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Miura, Takahiro
  • Inukai, Keigo
  • Sasaki, Masaru
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2019

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