deal or no deal decision making under risk in a large-payoff game show
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American Economic Review 2008, 98:1, 3871
ttp://www.aeaweb.org/article.pp?doi=10.1257/aer.98.1.38
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Deal or No Deal?
Decision Making under Risk in a Large-Payoff Game Show
By Thierry Post, Martijn J. van den Assem,Guido Baltussen, and Richard H. Thaler*
We examine te riky coice o contetant in te popular TV game owDeal or No Deal and related claroom experiment. Contrary to te tradi-tional view o expected utility teory, te coice can be explained in large partby previou outcome experienced during te game. Rik averion decreaeater earlier expectation ave been attered by unavorable outcome or ur-paed by avorable outcome. Our reult point to reerence-dependent coiceteorie uc a propect teory, and ugget tat pat-dependence i relevant,even wen te coice problem are imple and well defned, and wen largereal monetary amount are at take. (JEL D81)
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Table 1Summary Statistics
M S. . M. M Mx.
A. Neterland 1N5512Ag () 45.31 11.51 21.00 43.00 70.00
G ( 5 1) 0.27 0.45 0.00 0.00 1.00E (g 5 1) 0.55 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00Sp R 5.22 1.75 3.00 5.00 10.00B O R (p) 55.89 32.73 10.17 55.32 119.88O Ap (p) 76.27 30.99 20.77 79.29 165.50A W () 227,264.90 270,443.20 10.00 148,000.00 1,495,000.00
B. Germany 1N5472Ag () 36.47 8.17 20.00 35.00 55.00G ( 5 1) 0.34 0.48 0.00 0.00 1.00
E (g 5 1) 0.47 0.50 0.00 0.00 1.00Sp R 8.21 1.53 5.00 8.00 10.00B O R (p) 89.07 33.90 37.31 88.22 190.40O Ap (p) 91.79 19.15 52.78 95.99 149.97A W () 20,602.56 25,946.69 0.01 14,700.00 150,000.00
C. United state 1N5532Ag () 34.98 10.03 22.00 33.00 76.00G ( 5 1) 0.57 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00
E (g 5 1) 0.49 0.50 0.00 0.00 1.00Sp R 7.70 1.29 5.00 8.00 10.00B O R (p) 80.98 17.57 44.04 83.52 112.00O Ap (p) 91.43 15.31 49.16 97.83 112.50A W ($) 122,544.58 119,446.18 5.00 94,000.00 464,000.00
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Table 2Bank Offers and Contestants Decisions
U D N D
R % BO Sk N. % BO Sk N. % BO Sk N.
A. Neterland
1N5 51
21 6 387,867 51 0 6 387,867 512 14 376,664 51 0 14 376,664 513 34 369,070 51 36 409,802 10 33 359,135 414 61 348,820 41 69 394,860 11 58 331,939 305 77 317,618 30 82 557,680 7 76 244,555 236 88 234,877 23 90 237,416 12 87 232,107 117 98 243,868 11 104 414,106 6 91 39,582 58 96 50,376 5 100 78,401 3 90 8,338 29 106 11,253 2 91 17,500 1 120 5,005 1
B. Germany1N5 4721 8 24,277 27 0 8 24,277 272 15 24,915 47 0 15 24,915 473 34 23,642 47 0 34 23,642 474 46 21,218 47 0 46 21,218 475 59 22,304 47 59 29,976 2 59 21,963 456 72 20,557 45 67 48,038 7 73 15,494 387 88 15,231 38 85 21,216 5 88 14,324 338 98 15,545 33 91 28,813 10 101 9,776 239 103 14,017 23 109 13,925 11 99 14,101 12
C. United state1N5 5321 11 152,551 53 0 11 152,551 532 21 151,885 53 0 21 151,885 533 36 147,103 53 0 36 147,103 534 50 148,299 53 0 50 148,299 535 62 148,832 53 79 118,517 1 61 150,434 526 73 150,549 52 74 139,421 9 73 152,879 437 88 154,875 43 91 204,263 15 86 128,416 288 92 114,281 28 96 183,917 14 88 44,644 149 98 39,922 14 99 53,825 8 97 21,384 6
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Table 5Deal or No Deal Decisions after Bad and Good Fortune
L N W
R % BO N. % D % BO N. % D % BO N. % D
A. Neterland (N5 51)
1 6 17 0 6 17 0 6 17 02 15 17 0 12 17 0 15 17 03 40 17 12 29 17 41 31 17 64 69 14 14 58 13 46 54 14 215 82 10 10 71 10 20 78 10 406 94 8 50 85 7 43 86 8 637 99 4 25 97 3 67 99 4 758 105 1 0 91 3 67 100 1 1009 120 1 0 0 91 1 100
29 72 14 70 31 72 25
B. Germany (N5 47)
1 7 9 0 7 9 0 8 9 0
2 16 16 0 13 15 0 14 16 03 35 16 0 33 15 0 33 16 04 46 16 0 44 15 0 47 16 05 65 16 0 54 15 13 57 16 06 83 15 0 67 15 20 66 15 277 107 13 0 80 12 25 76 13 158 117 11 0 89 11 55 86 11 369 107 8 38 106 7 57 98 8 50
29 111 3 105 17 111 13
C. United state (N5 53)
1 9 18 0 10 17 0 13 18 02 19 18 0 19 17 0 25 18 03 41 18 0 29 17 0 39 18 0
4 57 18 0 42 17 0 51 18 05 69 18 0 55 17 6 62 18 06 78 18 11 68 16 31 73 18 117 92 15 27 87 13 23 84 15 538 94 9 22 95 10 70 87 9 569 92 4 50 101 6 67 99 4 50
29 118 8 113 18 118 14
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G US w D , w IRRA
b k. W , w, w w D pg.
T gg p p k . T
w p xp w p-
g pb p p b g
pb. B , p-p b p q pp .
T w k bk- , k-
bg wg k k p p p . S,
w D pg w w - ,
w k g.
Ob, p D pg . I p
xp k p (bk g pz) . F, p
g g g . T x w
x-k g z D N
D g .
IV. Expected Utility Theory
T z b D N D w xp -
w . T ppp p, b
p . W w pw xp , b
k (CRRA) b k (CARA)
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g b k (DARA), w p fxb xp-pw
A S (1993) w b M Ab, C B,
P P. Wkk (2007) b C A. H S K. L (2002):
(3) u 1x 2 51 2 exp 1 2 a 1W1 x 212b
2a .I , p kw: k a b,
w p W. T CRRA pw g w
a S 0 CARA xp p w b5 0. T,
w b w, g p
. Hw, w bb pb
g xg w w p g. T, w w
p .
W w kw p g x k p k b D N D b p ,
bk , , xp
kw wg w g . I g r, B 1xr 2 bk g pzxr. T p p:
(4) sv 1xr 2 5u 1B 1xr 2 2 .Azg p. W b ,
bk , p bw.
A. Continuation Value
T g p bk
p . I , w p-
z pb b bkw , g R E. B pp p-
. Sg w , w p D N D
pg g , g pb p
bq . T pp , w, k
pb bq g . S bkw
p g- bgg xp gg b g
w p g g g p bkw p
(, xp, J . 2002; K B . 2002). T p g p p g.
O gg g k .
T g-w w w pp bk x
p b b w
p (g g p
). W p p . Ug , p
bk w kw x , g p -
p .
G pz (xr), b pz x
( r11) kw:
(5) Pr 3xr115y 0xr 5a nrnr11b21
5pr
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b b pb b nr11 nr. T, gX1xr2 b, p g b
(6) cv 1xr 2 5 ay[X1xr2u 1B 1y 2 2pr.G g b -g , ppp
g. Hw, b k, w p
g bkw p
p g . I g , w bkw -
pp , p . S,
p g p N D, b xp bk
b g , p g
g p . I g , bkw p,
b w g b p b xpbk w w. F w , Fk S,
pb g p w .
T w pp w g D q
pzzg p bkw .
B.Bank Oer
T pp p , w q b bk. S I -
bk q . F w gpzxr pg bk br g r5 1, , 9, w q b
g wg p :
(7) B 1xr11 2 5br11xr11,(8) br115br 1 11 2 br 2r192r2,w r, 0#r# 1, p w pg g 100 p. S
p k , p
x . T bk b p, b w
b w D N D b . B 1x10 2 5 10 b1051 pz w b.T xp p . Hw, b ,
b b , p pg
b . A b k, p
pg xp x g .
F , w r b g p pg
g g q g .
T g : 0.832 D , 0.815
G , 0.735 G , 0.777 US w. T
g kb g . Fg 3 g-- b pg p- bk g . T g pb -
, g w p . F p,
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pg
. T xp pw g
, w R-q
g 95 p p. Agb,
k
pg , b b -
w g wg
xp . O , -
z k b wg
g pz, w
. I
g g b
pg . I -
, r p , p
ppx ,
g g.
S pp b bk
b g w w,
bk (7)(8) -
kw . Ug
bk w
x , g w
. F , bk p, kg
z w
p.
C.Maximum Likeliood Etimation
I p G M. Bk, M H.
DG Jb Mk (1963) J
D. H C O (1994), w
D N D g i5 1, ,N g g
r5 1, , 9 b bw
p ,
cv 1xi,r 2 2 sv 1xi,r 2 , p . T p, b-
b w z
si,r . Agb, b g
p . A
p :
(9) d 1xi,r 25ay[X1xi,r2 1u 1B 1y 2 2 2 cv 1x i,r2 22pr .
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1SFEJDUFE
3
Figure 3.Predicted Bank Offers versus Actual Bank Offers
Note: T g p g bk
b pg p bk bk g p p 151 N,G, U S. P A w pg bk p B w bk ( ). A 45-g (p ) p.
#.POFUBSZCBOLPGGFST
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d 1xi,r 2s, ws p. A p, p g wg . W g
w wgg. T (p) w p
. I , w wgg, p - g g, w D g b g
G US . T f g
D G US ;
D p : () g k b g pz; (b)
g pz b x g g. T
(9) pk p w . T g
p , p g wgg .
G p, w p k D N D
F
cv
1xi,r
22 sv
1xi,r
2d 1xi,r 2s b N D,(10) l 1xi,r 2 5 Fasv 1xi,r 2 2 cv 1xi,r 2d 1xi,r 2s b D,
w F[ b .5
Agggg k , g-k D
N D g b
(11) ln 1L 2 5aN
i51a
Ri
r52 1l 1x
i,r
2 2 ,wRi g p b i.
T w pb , w p-
(, xp, J M. Wg 2003).
N g 1r5 22 . T G pw g g g , g
p w p, w x 1r5 12 w g . D bk , w
( p D); g
, b w k G p k p.
T kw p (a, b, W, s) xz
g-k. T wk g b k
, w p k .
5 T w - (FSD). T pbb D p b g z , w bk (N D D) g g (D N D). A p b , FSD. I , w, bk w b g b g , FSD .
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D.Reult
Tb 6 z . Ap p-,
w p p q xp ,
(CC), 50/50 gb 0 10z
, z5 1, , 6. T p p b g p . Nb,
CC b p bk ( xp 50/50
gb) w k bw D N D. I CC 5 1,
k . W CC . 1, k kg, CC pp
z, b x k . T p p g ,
w pg, pg p D N D
.
I D p, k p a b b g
z, ggg IRRA DARA CRRA pw
CARA xp xp g w. T
w 75,203 g x z. S, g D g 25,000 p , w b
w w, g p. T
pp g w w p
w g p pp . A w w
w Mw Rb (2000) b pb k
p pb g k g
g w w. I, p k
k, w CC 0.994 50/50 gb 0 1,000, g w
w p k g gb.
Rb p b pg g k w bxp b H L (2002) g w k p b. H
L b p g k k, w, Rb ,
Table 6Expected Utility Theory Results
N G U S
a 0.424 (0.000) 1.58-5 (0.049) 4.18-5 (0.000)
b 0.791 (0.000) 0.000 (1.000) 0.171 (0.000)W 75,203 (0.034) 544 (0.481) 101,898 (0.782)
s 0.428 (0.000) 0.467 (0.000) 0.277 (0.000)
MLL 20.365 20.340 20.260LR 24.29 (0.000) 3.95 (0.267) 15.10 (0.002)H 76 p 85 p 89 pN. 214 327 349
CC (0/101) 1.000 1.000 1.000CC (0/102) 0.999 1.000 1.000CC (0/103) 0.994 0.996 0.998CC (0/104) 0.946 0.960 0.984CC (0/105) 0.637 0.640 0.859CC (0/106) 0.141 0.088 0.302
Note: T b p xp p 151
N (51), G (47), U S (53). Sw x k a bp w (W, ) (3), p s. T b w g-k (MLL), k (LR) k , p-g p D N D (H), b D N D p (N.). F, p (CC; q xp) w 50/50 gb 0 10z, z 5 1, , 6.p- w p.
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I, w H L p w g-
p D g , b w b. W
, gg w Rb, xp w xpg
b b g k.T fxb g xp w
. T xb g IRRA, g p-
b w CC 0.141 50/50 gb 0 1,000,000. I, b p-
g w w p . I k w k,
w p g pp p bk , pp w
w b; w xp D pg Tb 5. Hw, g IRRA
xp b , w g bk
p w k. S, p k kg
k; w CC 0.946 50/50 gb 0 10,000g Fk
k 9. T, b pg w p
.Ig, G q
D . T p CARA xp (b5 0)
w b g z. S,
b pz, w xb p b
g IRRA g k w. Ag, b pg -
w w p . T b
xp g b
k p D w bk
x g g pz.
C D G , US ppx- g CRRA pw (a 0). T CC g g
k. F g k, b w p
w , fg w pp D US w
g k. T g p w
101,898, w k k. S, w
g z, b p b b w w
b p CARA xp .
T p , Tb 7 w p
w ( S III). Cg w D pg ,
w k g CC gp. T
b b b k kg, w pg g p bk x g g pz. T
p , p zb pz.
F xp, D g g k US
G gp. S, k kg (CC . 1) gp. O,
gg xp p g p
.
V. Prospect Theory
I , w pp z b D N D .C w g w
gg w p p pp . F, w w
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Table 7Path Dependence
L N W
A. Neterland
a 2244.904 (0.022) 0.044 (0.204) 0.125 (0.831)
b 0.993 (0.000) 0.687 (0.000) 0.736 (0.011)
W 0 (1.000) 304 (0.671) 3,061 (0.824)
s 0.627 (0.000) 0.323 (0.000) 0.309 (0.000)
MLL 20.300 20.383 20.325
H 89 p 81 p 83 p
N. 72 70 72
CC (0/101) 1.330 0.994 0.999CC (0/102) 1.338 0.945 0.992
CC (0/103) 1.347 0.723 0.928
CC (0/104) 1.355 0.392 0.630
CC (0/105) 1.363 0.150 0.216
CC (0/106) 1.371 0.032 0.035
B. Germany
a 27.914 (0.117) 0.364 (0.000) 0.087 (0.000)
b 0.814 (0.000) 0.759 (0.000) 0.651 (0.000)
W 930 (0.825) 50,926 (0.481) 113,582 (0.180)
s 0.659 (0.000) 0.241 (0.000) 0.454 (0.000)
MLL 20.276 20.257 20.278
H 90 p 87 p 88 p
N. 111 105 111
CC (0/10
1
) 1.012 1.000 1.000CC (0/102) 1.113 0.999 0.999
CC (0/103) 1.584 0.990 0.995
CC (0/104) 1.823 0.911 0.949
CC (0/105) 1.891 0.485 0.614
CC (0/106) 1.929 0.072 0.101
C. United state
a 2203.512 (0.006) 1.96-5 (0.000) 0.938 (0.000)
b 0.995 (0.000) 0.086 (0.000) 0.998 (0.000)
W 54 (0.691) 934,904 (0.331) 29,468 (0.107)
s 0.193 (0.000) 0.308 (0.000) 0.326 (0.000)
MLL 20.194 20.275 20.253H 92 p 86 p 91 p
N. 118 113 118
CC (0/101) 1.004 1.000 1.000CC (0/102) 1.023 1.000 0.999
CC (0/103) 1.054 0.999 0.992
CC (0/104) 1.071 0.986 0.927
CC (0/105) 1.081 0.863 0.646
CC (0/106) 1.089 0.252 0.289
Note: T b w x k xp p 151 N (51; p A), G (47; p B), U S (53; p C). T -p p b xp g g. A (w) g g pz g w (g) g pz g w (b) - g . T p -p Tb 6.
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x . Ag p pp ,
g p xp . A
S IV, p ppp xp . F pp ,
w, b . Pp w k-kg b w , k k g k p g
w pb wg g g pz. I, w
g bk xp pg g g pz (
g b bk x ). P p
pp g p b w w k
p g . T p , w, b k kg p
g. A g, w g
p g g ppx. T, w p w p
b w p g xp .
T p pp w
xp , w xp-pw (3) p b pp , w g
p:
2l(RP2x)a x#RP(12) v 1x 0RP 2 5 u ,
(x2RP)a x.RP
w l. 0 - p,RP p p
g, a. 0 . T g p-
p w p (x#RP)
g (x.RP). T b p, w q b .6
A.Reerence Point specifcation
K Tk (1979) g pp q
p w q. S D N D p
w pk, p w q z w xp-
. T gz, w, w g
xp p q
(286). T p p w p w k p
gb w b pb w (287). T p b b T J (1990), g w p g
. O g b B Kzg Rb (2006, 2007).
T p b p ( g xp)
w g g , w
g w w g. Sw k
p bk- - , w k
g. I p w ,
g p , w k kg pp. S,
6 Ep g . Tk K (1992), xp, 0.88 b . F, b b b w ; V Kbbg Wkk (2005).
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p k , b g, g
pz p g, g .
Fg 4 w g 50/50 gb 25,000 75,000. C
D N D p gb 9. T g w -
g p Tk K (1992), a5 0.88 l5 2.25,
p p. I w p, p q xp (RPN5 50,000). I ,
gb g 25,000 (50,00025,000) wg 25,000
(75,00050,000). T q gb CEN5 44,169, g
bk bw w b g w b p. T k p-
5,831 b , w g g wg g.
Nw L, w g k 50,000
g b g 50/50 gb 9. Spp L w
p p g g pz (RPL5 75,000). I
, L gb g 25,000 wg 25,000, b g
50,000 (75,00025,000) bkg (75,00075,000). B pz p w k kg pp. I, L w bk bw -
q gb, CEL5 52,255, w p g k p 2,255.
v(x)
vL x:75,000
vWx:25,000
vNx:50,000
75,00025,000 x
Figure 4. Break-Even and House-Money Effects in Prospect Theory
Note: T g p pp (12) p (RP) q (CE) 50/50 gb 25,000 75,000. V vN(xZ50,000) w RPN5 50,000 CEN5 44,169, vW(xZ25,000) w w RPW5 25,000 CEW5 47,745, vL(xZ75,000) wRPL5 75,000 CEL5 52,255. A b p Tk K (1992), a5 0.88 l5 2.25. T q 50/50 gb.
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g g b g 50/50 gb. D w , W p
p q g pz (RPW5 25,000) p b -
g pz g. I , W gb bkg
(25,00025,000) gg 50,000 (75,00025,000). S pp g, k W w W
w bk bw CEW5 47,745, pg k p 2,255,
5,831 .
I b xp b pp p p
. I , w w , pp
p-p . U, p
bb pp p g g
p. W g
b p. T k g p
p , w p p b p-
p.I w w pb g bw bk
k bk x , w k p
bk . T bk p pp
k . F, bk k g g pz
xp gg . A p p w b
RPr5u1B(xr). Iu15 0, p q q (RPr5 0) p-
b g; u1. 0, p p -
xp (pp) , g p w
pk. A p bw bk , u1, 1, (p)
w pb bk x pb g. B , p
p, u1. 1, pb w pb g.
T g bk g , g
p p. D w , w, p b
b g . W j,
0 #j,r, b g g pz, d jr 5 1x]r2 x]j 2/x]r. Fj5 0,d1j2r g g, x
]0 .
I, w g ( pb
). Hw, g bw gg
b b, w b p. W -
w : d1r222r d102r . T d1r222r g x g b b ( ) g;d102r , g b g, p g g . Ag
w gg , p
(13) RPr5 1u1 1 u2d r22r 1 u3d 0r 2B 1xr 2 .I , u2, 0 u3, 0 p p k
g u1B(xr) g g pz
w .
I w g w b, p- w b , b w
g p b x , .., w
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p x bk , .., y[X(xr)B(y)#RPr
# xy[X(xr)B(y). T p p b
p p .
O p pp p: l, - a, p p u1, u2, u3. W
p p s w x k p
xp . W pp bk .
O g b pbb pbb
wg. T pp p w w pbb -
. I k p pb ,
w wg pbb pb , gg k kg
x . F xp, ppg
Tk K (1992) wgg p gb w
w q k , wg 55 p 50
p. S, w p p w gpbb wgg k p. T p k b ,
p p , w pbb
g wg w b pbb (
b 50/50 gb).
B.Reult
Tb 8 z . F D , p-
g . T
xp w bk x g g pz; xp w g p bk bw g pz. B
p k pb w p xp .
I, g p q Tk K (1992) p
g .
T p u1 g g z, pg xp
(pp) , w p b xp
xp p . T p g ,
g p g k bw bk
.
T p u2 u3 g z, g
p k g w g. I g, u2 g u3, ggg
g xp. Hw, g
g g pz g w g g
g g g, g p . I ,
g g, p g b . I
, p q g pb bk ( b),
g p .
T w p w pp w
D. N pg, pp b
w g-k g g xp . W xp p 76 p D N D
, pg pp 85 p.
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D p, b p w . T
g k g pp D D -
. I G US p, p b g
D p. T g p p xp w G
US p g pg bk D -
. R p , w k kg pp.
I , g xp D. I,
b g D p. Ag, k gg. Hw, p p w
k p . T G US
g pg g D . I , b
b p, b w b b p w .
T w g p G US g
D . T g
w g b xp w p.
T w g w w
pp D ( Tb 5). C, pp w b k
p pb xp p-p p. S, w
pp xp pb xp, q w. F xp, w g p
b pbb . T p p w
w w g p pbb wgg. F p
wg g,
wg p g , k-p -
. W .
VI. Experiments
T p g p p-p- k . A, k b p, w g pp-
g k . P k , w, g
Table 8Prospect Theory Results
N G U S
l 2.375 (0.013) 4.501 (0.008) 4.528 (0.001)
a 0.516 (0.000) 0.486 (0.000) 0.836 (0.000)
u1 0.474 (0.000) 1.096 (0.000) 1.163 (0.000)
u2 20.285 (0.000) 20.026 (0.000) 0.031 (0.329)u3 20.028 (0.000) 20.052 (0.000) 20.093 (0.023)
s 0.345 (0.000) 0.533 (0.000) 0.193 (0.000)
MLL 20.309 20.303 20.228LR 48.41 (0.000) 27.44 (0.000) 37.28 (0.000)H 85 p 89 p 91 p
N. 214 327 349
Note: T b w pp p 151 N(51), G (47), U S (53). Sw x k (l) (a) , p p u1, u2, u3, p s. T b w g-k (MLL), k (LR) k , pg p D N D (H), b
D N D p (N.). p- w p.
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w g w: b (pg g- b)
w k b (pg w- b) k. T
g k, xp wk pp D , b
xp w D pg w. T z
k, w xp w E U p D N D. W w xp-
b , b w
pp.
B xp p pb (, xp,
H L 2002). I p xp w g-
TV w p b p bw w xp,
xp g D .7 A xp,
40 p w b. T g w w b
1,000 10,000, w p . Dp g
g, g k g xp . Ag -
w p, b w g w p g p b. R, b w
g g b p ( g
p). T k w gz g p , b
b g p w b x
. I, xp D N D
w g pz w b.
W p g g w pb , g g
w ( pp E U) ( b
). V w p , g .
T g (p b, g pz, bk ) w p p g ( ) p g
( ). T p w p
xp TV . O pp ,
b w x g xp, ppg
g , w p .
A b w , b 20 g. A 160 b
w g pp E U
w pp pp xp g 20052006. Ag
xp q 40 b, 80 w g g
b b w b b
w p. T, ppx w p g. T pb g , w g b g
g p.
A bgg b xp w b, -
g g TV w p xpg
xp. Nx, g . E g b 5 10 ,
xp (40 g) g 5 , q w
b g, g w .
7 Og pz b w b p D TV p. Tg pz (b xp), bk g p b g p.
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I xp, g pz bk D w
b 10,000, g g pz g 40 x pz 500.
T k xp w g TV w.C g p ( 6.9 5.2 TV w) g
pg bk . S, g g k 10,000
TV w. I TV w, g b k
k kg w k. I xp-
, k , b g k . T gg
k k g wk. B ,
p g; w xp (b) D pg (
29 b) 3, 21, 19 , , w, p.
T Tb 9 w x k . T
xb p x IRRA g w, b w
. S, xp, CC 0.072 50/50 gb 0 1,000. Iw Rb (2000) b pb k q w
w -k gb g-k gb. I, w
b 11 xp, g 10,000 w g
TV p. A g p, b pg w
w p . Pp w k p
b b xp , b g-k
pg.
B.Large-stake Experiment
T g xp g-k TV w
gg k g. O , xp
pb w TV , b, xp, xp b-
TV p (). O xp
g k b pg xp w g k.
T xp g b, w bg g-
b 1,000 b 10,000, g g pz
g 400 x pz 5,000 x g xp-
. F xp, 80 w b w w pp, xg
xp.
B g IRRA xp, xp w p g k xp. Hw, g p x q
g -k xp ( 6.9), b pg
bk ( g bk g 82.5 p 82.4 p
-k xp). T, k wk g-
g b IRRA xp.
T Tb 9 p x k . W
k b , xp
z . I , pp
k, 50/50 gb 0 1,000 w ppx CC
50/50 gb 0 100 -k xp. B , pp , p g -k b b-
p xp .
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I b xp, k g b p , w g
k witin xp, b k k
acro xp. S k b
, pb xp p
k k g.
C. Pooled sample
T Tb 9 w p p w xp. A
b, b w p , p g
k. T p k p wk
w p w . Sk pp -
b . Cbg b p w pb xp
, g p b k. Ug
g p p g w
p. T pp pb b b w D pp w p w
p pp k p. I w,
Table 9Experimental Results
S k Lg k P
A. Expected utility teory
a 0.019 (0.000) 0.002 (0.001) 0.002 (0.001)
b 0.000 (1.000) 0.000 (1.000) 0.000 (1.000)W 11 (0.920) 50 (0.930) 0 (1.000)
s 0.306 (0.000) 0.294 (0.000) 0.354 (0.000)
MLL 20.342 20.337 20.351LR 10.17 (0.017) 10.14 (0.017) 9.37 (0.025)H 81 p 83 p 80 p
N. 231 234 465
CC (0/101) 0.953 0.995 0.995CC (0/102) 0.583 0.953 0.953CC (0/103) 0.072 0.588 0.586CC (0/104) 0.007 0.074 0.074CC (0/105) 0.001 0.007 0.007
CC (0/106) 0.000 0.001 0.001
B. Propect teory
l 2.307 (0.000) 2.678 (0.000) 2.518 (0.000)
a 0.732 (0.000) 0.695 (0.000) 0.693 (0.000)
u1 1.045 (0.000) 1.024 (0.000) 1.023 (0.000)
u2 20.119 (0.000) 0.019 (0.000) 0.013 (0.250)
u3 20.086 (0.000) 20.046 (0.000) 20.049 (0.000)
s 0.267 (0.000) 0.196 (0.000) 0.218 (0.000)
MLL 20.275 20.265 20.272LR 40.94 (0.000) 44.04 (0.000) 83.29 (0.000)H 87 p 88 p 87 p
N. 231 234 465
Note: T b w x k xp. T (k) p xp w g D TV D N D b 10,000; (g k) p xp w pz w b 1,000; (p) p w p b. P Aw xp . P B w pp . T p Tb 6 Tb 8, p.
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g k b k. W
g p x. A 100 k b p
g -k xp (w g pz g 40), b
pbb p g-k xp (w
g pz g 400).
VII. Conclusions
T b g w w b gz w
p w kg k . W k
w w, - -
g g g. S, w b
p g w w , b pb
p w-, k g. F, p w,
b k b w g ,
g w g g w - w . I , b b
g pp g. I, pb g
g w
, g gg g g.
W ? F, w b, g, w g b
k . E w k,
g x 75 p xp . I xp w
wk, k g k w
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xp. S, g k g, pp p g g ; g k b ppg
g pg bk , w xb
k-kg b b g b g g pz b
g gb. W b
k , b p b xp b
xp b p g. M b, k
g p xp b b g g- b-
xp b p b pg w- b. T
p-p p g, p zb
k . L w g wk pp
D p.T w k w xp w xp -
p -p pp
. I, g w bk- ( bg
wg k k p p p ), - (
w k w p p p g). A p
pp w k p xp D N D b-
b xp . T g gg -p
p-p p, w pb p w-,
w g k.
O , w b w g xp bg p-p . W fxb xp-pw , w b pp
p xp , b p
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k-kg g p p
b . S x p b b bw w , w -
p w.
O g p -p p-p, p- g p xp . P
pb k g g pb. A k
b g x g w b p xp, b
pbb g w bw p xp.
F w xp w , 10,000 pbb
; k pp g w
w xp.
T k, w w xp
g pp TV w pb .
W k . M,
xp kb g TV w, p xp k g k. C w
TV , bk- - g xp.
T xp g g b p-
. T b () g k b b
w g (b) wk k g
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T p N, G, U S,
b p g . F , w b -
g b g z
p g x , , bkg . I w b g x
xp. W k , xp w
, , ,
b. O xp w g TV p-
, b xp k p b b p
- .
VII. Epilogue
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g (p ) , -
. Rg g p w b b x,
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b , w p bw pb , g k.
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UK ; k-p xp pbb-
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