Suppose Jimi has reference dependent preferences over guitars and money as in Tversky and Kahneman (1991). His utility functions are given below. Gains Gains 400 2 -2 -2 Guitars 24 Losses Losses -600 -2 What is the least amount of money Jimi is willing to accept to sell one of his guitars? (just enter a dollar amount, i.e., "1000", not "$1000"

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