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double-entry mental accounting: a standalone construct

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double-entrymental accounting1 CONSTRUCTDouble-entry mentalPRELEC · BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS

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Behavioral economics

the linking of each consumption experience to its payment in memory, so the pain of paying lowers the pleasure of consuming and vice versa.

In behavioral economics, double-entry mental accounting refers to the linking of each consumption experience to its payment in memory, so the pain of paying lowers the pleasure of consuming and vice versa. This meaning comes from Prelec (1998) in Marketing Science.[1]

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References

  1. Prelec, D., & Loewenstein, G. (1998). The Red and the Black: Mental Accounting of Savings and Debt. Marketing Science, 17(1), 4-28. https://doi.org/10.1287/mksc.17.1.4

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