行为经济学的基础

A Foundation for Behavioral Economics

American Economic Review · 2002
被引 20
人大 A+FT50ABS 4*

中文导读

指出行为经济学缺乏连贯的理论基础,认为经过适当改造的演化心理学可以为其提供部分基础,并提出了生成和检验异常行为起源理论的方法。

Abstract

Jessica L. Cohen and William T. Dickens* The core theory of behavior in Economics, which structures inquiry and provides a framework for empirical analysis, is largely responsible for the success of the discipline. Behavioral Economics (BE) challenges this theory, but has failed to provide a coherent alternative. Consequently the influence of BE has been limited. In what follows we argue that Evolutionary Psychology (EP), suitably adapted, can provide at least a partial foundation for BE. Its methods offer a way of generating theories of the origins of anomalous behaviors and of testing those theories.

行为经济学进化心理学理论框架行为异常