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  2. Endowment effect - Wikipedia

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    One of the most famous examples of the endowment effect in the literature is from a study by Daniel Kahneman, Jack Knetsch & Richard Thaler, [4] in which Cornell University undergraduates were given a mug and then offered the chance to sell it or trade it for an equally valued alternative (pens). They found that the amount participants required ...

  3. Query theory - Wikipedia

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    Query theory was initially developed by Eric J. Johnson, Gerald Häubl, and Anat Keinan [3] as an attempt to explain the endowment effect.This effect is, empirically, a difference between the price at which an individual is willing to purchase an object and the price at which they are willing to sell the same object.

  4. Reference dependence - Wikipedia

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    It is related to loss aversion and the endowment effect. [1] [2] In prospect theory it is appropriate to use the selected status quo to determine the reference point. However, depending on the particular research being conducted researchers have proven reference dependence from more than just well known brands and the status quo.

  5. Loss aversion - Wikipedia

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    The same change in price framed differently, for example as a $5 discount or as a $5 surcharge avoided, has a significant effect on consumer behavior. [16] Although traditional economists consider this " endowment effect ", and all other effects of loss aversion, to be completely irrational , it is important to the fields of marketing and ...

  6. Status quo bias - Wikipedia

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    Status quo bias has been attributed to a combination of loss aversion and the endowment effect, two ideas relevant to prospect theory.An individual weighs the potential losses of switching from the status quo more heavily than the potential gains; this is due to the prospect theory value function being steeper in the loss domain. [1]

  7. List of psychological effects - Wikipedia

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    Audience effect; Baader–Meinhof effect; Barnum effect; Bezold effect; Birthday-number effect; Boomerang effect; Bouba/kiki effect; Bystander effect; Cheerleader effect; Cinderella effect; Cocktail party effect; Contrast effect; Coolidge effect; Crespi effect; Cross-race effect; Curse of knowledge; Diderot effect; Dunning–Kruger effect ...

  8. List of effects - Wikipedia

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    Health effect (health) (health effectors) (pollution) Holtzman effect (Dune technology) (physics in fiction) Horizon effect (artificial intelligence) (game artificial intelligence) Hostile media effect (cognitive biases) (criticism of journalism) (journalism standards) (psychological theories) Hot chocolate effect (acoustics) (physics) (wave ...

  9. Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Wikipedia

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    HHMI spends about $1 million per HHMI Investigator per year, which amounts to annual investment in biomedical research of about $825 million. The institute has an endowment of $22.6 billion, making it the second-wealthiest philanthropic organization in the United States and the second-best-endowed medical research foundation in the world. [6]