Economic decisions for others: an exception to loss aversion law.
Economic decisions for others: an exception to loss aversion law.
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0085042
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发表时间：
2014
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Sirigu A
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作者：
Mengarelli F;Moretti L;Faralla V;Vindras P;Sirigu A
在日常生活中，人们经常代表他人做决定。目前的研究调查的是，当参照点不再是他们自己的钱，而是别人的钱时，决策者的风险偏好是否不同。34名健康的参与者通过为自己和另一个不知名的人做决定，完成了三项不同的金钱风险选择任务。结果表明，与为自己选择相比，当参与者代表另一个人进行选择时，损失厌恶偏差显著减少。后悔等情绪对决策的影响可能解释了这些结果。我们讨论了体现在后悔情绪中的责任感在为自己而不是为他人调整经济决策方面的重要性。此外，我们的发现与风险-情感假说是一致的，这表明自我他人不对称行为是由于决策者受到其决定的真实和情感后果的影响。
In everyday life, people often make decisions on behalf of others. The current study investigates whether risk preferences of decision-makers differ when the reference point is no longer their own money but somebody else money. Thirty four healthy participants performed three different monetary risky choices tasks by making decisions for oneself and for another unknown person. Results showed that loss aversion bias was significantly reduced when participants were choosing on behalf of another person compared to when choosing for themselves. The influence of emotions like regret on decision-making may explain these results. We discuss the importance of the sense of responsibility embodied in the emotion of regret in modulating economic decisions for self but not for others. Moreover, our findings are consistent with the Risk-as-feelings hypothesis, suggesting that self-other asymmetrical behavior is due to the extent the decision-maker is affected by the real and emotional consequences of his/her decision.