Learning, risk attitude and hot stoves in restless bandit problems
Learning, risk attitude and hot stoves in restless bandit problems
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jmp.2008.05.006
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发表时间:
2009-06-01
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Ert, Eyal
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作者:
Biele, Guido;Erev, Ido;Ert, Eyal
This research examines decisions from experience in restless bandit problems. Two experiments revealed four main effects. (1) Risk neutrality: the typical participant did not learn to become risk averse, a contradiction of the hot stove effect. (2) Sensitivity to the transition probabilities that govern the Markov process. (3) Positive recency: the probability of a risky choice being repeated was higher after a win than after a loss. (4) Inertia: the probability of a risky choice being repeated following a loss was higher than the probability of a risky choice after a safe choice. These results can be described with a simple contingent sampler model, which assumes that choices are made based on small samples of experiences contingent on the current state. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.