风险倾向的跨文化差异研究综述

A literature review of risk taking differences across culture

近年来,研究者们对于风险倾向的跨文化差异进行了一系列的研究,大部分的结果发现中国被试在涉及经济领域的决策行为时会比美国被试更加倾向于风险寻求。本文回顾了发现风险倾向差异的研究,和从各个角度提出来的理论解释,并且评价了这一研究领域的现实意义以及将来可以进一步探讨的研究方向。

In recent years, there have been studies to research the risk taking differences across cultures. Most of these studies showed that Chinese are more risk-seeking when making risky decisions, especially in the economic area. The aim of this article is to review the studies that revealed such differences, and summarize several explanation and theories. The meaning of this topic and several directions that deserve future interest and exploration is suggested in the end.