This is worth watching (and here’s the link for the subscribers).
For more on loss aversion, check out these older posts:
PS: thanks to my friend Werner for pointing me in the direction of the video.
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Pa April 7, 2015 at 15:26
If you put the money up….. I’m betting… But I bet you not…. Heads or …ahead!!
ReplyZee April 10, 2015 at 08:37
I wonder… does the second bet ($20:$10) seem less enticing because we see it as a small $10 incremental gain? What I’m wondering is, if he skipped the $10:$10 bet and just proposed the $20:$10 bet to begin with, would the responses have been any different?
ReplyJayson April 11, 2015 at 11:38
I think you might be right…
But the thing is: that’s just as irrational. If your decision changes on the exact same scenario, simply because something else was said before it, then we’re showing a framing bias?
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