期刊名称：Discussion Papers in Economics / Department of Economics, Royal Holloway
出版年度：2009
卷号：2009
出版社：University of London
摘要：Although households are responsible for many important decisions, they have rarely
been the subject of economics experiments. We conduct a series of linked and
incentivized experiments on decision-making, designed to see if the anomalies typically
found in individual choice experiments are found when the subjects are couples from
long-term relationships. Specifically we investigate the endowment effect, the
compromise effect, asymmetric dominance and the ‘more is less’ phenomena.
Comparing the results with two control groups (students and non-student individuals)
we find broadly the same pattern of anomalies in individuals as we do in couples. Thus
behavioural patterns that appear in individual choices appear relevant for decisions made
by established couples.
