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Research on the Heuristic Bias in Behavioral Economics

Lujia Zhang * 1
1 School of New Oriental Academy

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Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences, Vol. 62, 129-132
Published 28 December 2023. © 2023 The Author(s). Published by EWA Publishing
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Citation Lujia Zhang. Research on the Heuristic Bias in Behavioral Economics. AEMPS (2023) Vol. 62: 129-132. DOI: 10.54254/2754-1169/62/20231333.

Abstract

Behavioral economics is a branch of economics. It studies people's decision-making patterns and behavioral principles when making decisions. Behavioral economics has penetrated into people's lives, and heuristics are everywhere. This paper shows several classifications and experimental investigations of heuristic bias in behavioral economics. It is widely believed that heuristic bias means that when people want to judge a complex, fuzzy, and uncertain event, they often take some shortcut in thinking due to the lack of effective methods, such as relying on past experience, analyzing and processing past experience, getting inspiration, and then making judgments using the inspiration. However, through literature reading and analysis, it can be found that people don't always make such choices when faced with problems, or they stay rational.

Keywords

social, psychological, psychology, choice

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Financial Technology and Business Analysis
ISBN (Print)
978-1-83558-225-1
ISBN (Online)
978-1-83558-226-8
Published Date
28 December 2023
Series
Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences
ISSN (Print)
2754-1169
ISSN (Online)
2754-1177
DOI
10.54254/2754-1169/62/20231333
Copyright
28 December 2023
Open Access
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

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