extreme reactions to information about a good that they own compared to the same information about a non-owned good: ownership … provide direct evidence that this effect is driven by ownership channeling greater attention towards associated information …, which leads people to overweight recent signals when forming beliefs. The relationship between ownership and beliefs has …

Real estate ownership is conventionally viewed as a clear matter of public record. Yet purchasers of real estate are … would therefore shed broader light on the underlying societal features of ownership …