
Abstract
We modify the classic single-period inventory management problem by assuming that the newsvendor is expectation-based loss averse according to Köszegi and Rabin (2006, 2007). Expectation-based loss aversion leads to an endogenous psychological cost of leftovers as well as stockouts. If there are no monetary stockout costs, then the loss-averse newsvendor orders a quantity lower than the quantity ordered by a profit-maximizing newsvendor. If there are positive monetary costs associated with stockouts, then the loss-averse newsvendor places suboptimal orders, which can be either too high or too low.
Item Type: | Paper |
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Form of publication: | Preprint |
Keywords: | behavioral |
Faculties: | Special Research Fields > Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems Special Research Fields > Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems > A4 - Unvollständige Verträge, Marktinteraktion und soziale Vergleichsprozesse |
Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-14061-3 |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 14061 |
Date Deposited: | 01. Oct 2012, 13:11 |
Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020, 12:54 |