Re-engaging with rationality in economic geography: behavioural approaches and the importance of context in decision-making
呼吁经济地理学借鉴行为经济学成果,同时弥补其忽视社会背景的缺陷,以英国职业养老金选择为例,提出混合方法研究议程来认真对待决策背景。
Behavioural approaches have become mainstream in economics, supported by the research of cognitive scientists and psychologists, yet their findings have attracted little attention from geographers. This article argues for a renewed behavioural economic geography that builds on research in behavioural economics but also addresses one of its main shortcomings: a lack of engagement with the social context of decision-making. I outline a research agenda that bridges the gap between the disciplines in the area of pension decision-making, using the example of choice in UK occupational plans to argue for a mixed methodological approach to meet the challenge of taking context seriously.