Trade-upgrade framing effects: Trades are losses, but upgrades are improvements

In two studies, people were reluctant to trade items they own, but glad to accept upgrades with identical end states. The framing of the transaction makes a difference. A mediational analysis suggests that the relationship between the frame of the transaction and measures of value (willingness to ac...

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Main Authors: Yan Sun, Barbara Mellers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2016-11-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/15/15317/jdm15317.pdf