Loss Aversion and Social Preferences
A special issue of Games (ISSN 2073-4336).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2019) | Viewed by 403
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lab and field experiments; behavioral economics; behavioral finance; environmental economics; public economics; inequality; taxation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Loss aversion and social preferences have both been extensively studied in the available literature. Loss aversion implies that individuals evaluate outcomes based on certain reference situations, and (perceived) losses loom larger than (perceived) gains. Social preferences mean that individuals may also consider the welfare of others when making decisions. These two dimensions of preferences may often intersect. This means that, oftentimes, the decision to act pro-socially also depends on other factors, such as the outside options or the riskiness of the environment, so that loss aversion and pro-social preferences may affect decision-making simultaneously. In addition, the two phenomena may be interconnected in non-trivial ways, where one moderates the effect of the other. When individuals, for example, make decisions on behalf of others, the presence of alternative options may impact the degree of pro-sociality, and the (loss) framing may influence the outcome of decisions and even the decision process itself. The present Special Issue aims to deepen the understanding of the interplay between social preferences and loss aversion. We encourage submissions from theoretical and empirical (observational and experimental) work.
Dr. Jan Schmitz
Dr. Frédéric Schneider
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Loss aversion
- Social preferences
- Risk
- Decision making
- Framing
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