个体决策行为的经济和心理学分析——2017年诺贝尔经济学奖获得者研究成果述评

Economic and Psychological Analysis of Individual Decision-Making:Review on Research of the Winner for the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics

2017年的诺贝尔经济学奖被授予理查德·塞勒,以表彰其在行为经济学研究中做出的突出贡献。塞勒将心理学的研究成果应用于经济决策分析,分析经济主体在进行经济决策时的思维活动和行动模式,通过分析有限理性、有限自制力和社会偏好等因素对个体决策行为的影响,塞勒揭示人类特征如何系统性地影响个人决策以及由此导致的市场结果,为建立和完善增进社会福利的制度和措施提供了新的契机。

Richard Thaler was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in economics,in recognition of his outstanding contributions made in the research of behavioral economics. Thaler has incorporated psychological research into economic decision-making to analyze how people think and behave when they make economic decisions.Thaler has illustrated how human traits systematically influence individual decisions and market outcomes thus derived by considering the consequences of limited rationality,limited self-control and social preferences.His pioneering contributions provide new chances for setting up and improving institutions and measures that improve social welfare.