揭示的(参照)偏好理论

Revealed (P)Reference Theory

American Economic Review · 2015
被引 160
人大 A+FT50ABS 4*

中文导读

公理化地发展了参照依赖选择行为的显示偏好理论,通过放松弱显示偏好公理,内生地得到参照点及条件选择行为结构,并展示了该模型如何捕捉吸引效应等经典选择模式。

Abstract

This paper develops axiomatically a revealed preference theory of reference-dependent choice behavior. Instead of taking the reference for an agent as exogenously given in the description of a choice problem, we suitably relax the Weak Axiom of Revealed Preference to obtain, endogenously, the existence of reference alternatives as well as the structure of choice behavior conditional on those alternatives. We show how this model captures some well-known choice patterns such as the attraction effect.

显示偏好参照依赖内生参照点弱公理