Niels van de Ven - Regret Aversion and the Reluctance to Exchange

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Niels van de Ven, Marcel Zeelenberg
Journal of Economic Psychology, vol. 32(1), 2011, pp. 194-200

DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2010.11.008

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van de Ven, N., & Zeelenberg, M. (2011). Regret Aversion and the Reluctance to Exchange Lottery Tickets. Journal of Economic Psychology, 32(1), 194–200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2010.11.008

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Ven, Niels van de, and Marcel Zeelenberg. “Regret Aversion and the Reluctance to Exchange Lottery Tickets.” Journal of Economic Psychology 32, no. 1 (2011): 194–200.

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van de Ven, Niels, and Marcel Zeelenberg. “Regret Aversion and the Reluctance to Exchange Lottery Tickets.” Journal of Economic Psychology, vol. 32, no. 1, 2011, pp. 194–200, doi:10.1016/j.joep.2010.11.008.

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@article{niels2011a,
  title = {Regret Aversion and the Reluctance to Exchange Lottery Tickets},
  year = {2011},
  issue = {1},
  journal = {Journal of Economic Psychology},
  pages = {194-200},
  volume = {32},
  doi = {10.1016/j.joep.2010.11.008},
  author = {van de Ven, Niels and Zeelenberg, Marcel}
}

[participants were given a lottery ticket, and asked whether they wanted to exchange it for another one. If they did, they would get an attractive pen as a bonus. people so badly want to avoid the possible regret that could exist if they later found out that their old ticket would have won, that they do not like to exchange and thus forego the bonus of the pen]