Proportion dominance in valuing lives: The role of deliberative thinking

Proportion responding (PR) is the preference for proportionally higher gains, such that the same absolute quantity is valued more as the reference group decreases. This research investigated this kind of proportion PR in decisions about saving lives (e.g., saving 10/10 lives is preferred to saving 1...

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Main Author: André Mata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2016-09-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/15/15908/jdm15908.pdf