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Journal Articles American Economic Journal: Microeconomics Year : 2022

Dynamic Regret Avoidance

Michele Fioretti
Alexander Vostroknutov
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Giorgio Coricelli
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Abstract

In a stock market experiment, we examine how regret avoidance influences the decision to sell an asset while its price changes over time. Participants know beforehand whether they will observe the future prices after they sell the asset or not. Without future prices, participants are affected only by regret about previously observed high prices (past regret), but when future prices are available, they also avoid regret about expected after-sale high prices (future regret). Moreover, as the relative sizes of past and future regret change, participants dynamically switch between them. This demonstrates how multiple reference points dynamically influence sales. (JEL C91, G12, G41)
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hal-03562318 , version 1 (08-02-2022)

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Michele Fioretti, Alexander Vostroknutov, Giorgio Coricelli. Dynamic Regret Avoidance. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2022, 14 (1), pp.70-93. ⟨10.1257/mic.20180260⟩. ⟨hal-03562318⟩
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