摘要
本文结合思想史与当下行为经济学的许多重要研究,探讨休谟的效用理论以及其对于当代经济学研究中关于个体效用函数的构建的启示。作者发现,如果根据休谟的理解,将一切效用的来源归结为苦乐感觉,并探讨感觉的特征与想象的特征对于决策效用的影响,将有助于我们对于个体效用的理解,并有助于研究者构建合适与贴近现实的效用函数。感觉来源的多样性决定了效用的多样性,感觉的特征和想象的特征决定了感觉的呈现方式与强度,最后决定了效用函数的形式,这一视角将有助于行为经济学对于效用的后续研究。
Combing with ideological history some important researches of behavioral economics, this paper discussed Hume's utility theory and its implications for the construction of individual utility function in economic researches. The results show that if considers the source of all utilities as the feeling of pain and pleasure like Hume, and discusses the impacts of the characteristics of feeling and imagination on decision utility, it is conducive to understand individual utility and construct utility function which closes to reality. The diversity of feeling source determines the diversity of utility, the characteristics of feeling and imagination determine the presentation and strength of feeling, finally the form of utility function is determined. This view is conducive to the future researches of utility for behavioral economics.
出处
《浙江社会科学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2013年第3期29-37,87+156,共11页
Zhejiang Social Sciences
关键词
休谟
效用理论
苦乐感觉
感觉
想象
Hume
utility theory
pain and pleasure
feeling
imagination
