Lowenstein & Issacharoff (1994) gave subjects mugs and found that
a. those that thought they earned the mug placed a higher selling price on it.
b. those that thought they earned the mug refused to sell it.
c. those that were told they were random recipients of the mug placed a higher selling price on it.
d. those that were told they were random recipients of the mug refused it.
A
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