Why do we overestimate others' willingness to pay?

People typically overestimate how much others are prepared to pay for consumer goods and services. We investigated the extent to which latent beliefs about others’ affluence contribute to this overestimation. In Studies 1, 2a, and 2b we found that participants, on average, judge the other people tak...

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Main Authors: William J. Matthews, Ana I. Gheorghiu, Mitchell J. Callan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2016-01-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/15/15909/jdm15909.pdf