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1. Introduction and various decision-making models avoid to understand and predict the economic
the potential physiological mechanisms, most processes that will occur in specific situations.
Economic psychology is a science that studies of the neuroscience and biological variables . Its research content includes: investigating
the psychological reflection of people’s have nothing to do with economic theory and analysing psychological factors of people’s
production relations, economic policies and verification; some economists are aware of economic behaviour, such as needs, motivation,
economic mechanisms, also known as psych- the physical factors. Knowing the impact of attitude, willingness, expectation and other
economics. The economic psychology was born the activity, but still refusing to incorporate psychological conditions; investigating and
in the early 1950s and was formed by a group of it into economic theory, such as the human studying the behaviour of consumers and
“economists with good psychological literacy” behavioural view of the Austrian economist’s corporate decision-making figures, analysing
and “psychologists with good economics.” representative, Mises, that economics should and comparing the economy under different
For a long time, traditional economics has only study “willingness” and “intentional circumstances behaviour, and generalization;
focused on the formal expression of mathematics behaviour”: “economics are not considered ... focus on behavioural decision-making
and tried to avoid subjective analysis, and used part of the body’s organs and instinct’s passive processes related to consumption, savings,
this as a means of distinguishing between response to stimuli, because it is not controlled investment, and the like.
sociology and psychology. A typical reflection by the will.” These views and derived behaviours With the deepening of the study on
of this tendency is to exclude the influence of are mutually causal, which together lead to experimental psychology, psychologists apply
the body and its dynamics from the economic traditional economics that have long ignored its knowledge to the concrete analysis of the
theory system. In fact, the notion that physical the physical factors of behavioural subjects for surrounding problems, which not only cover
factors “interfere” with reason can be traced decision-making, the influence of economic personal thought, behaviour, perception and
back to Plato’s thoughts about innate ideas. behaviour such as preference has become an emotion, but also include group behaviours
He believes that physical experience helps economic theory of “away from”. [1]
. The economic psychology model of Katona
reveal some of the innate knowledge, but it It uses psychological perspectives to analyse is shown in Figure 1. Among humanism
also distorts this knowledge. For example, in the psychological factors in the economic and cognitive psychology, behaviourism,
the “Many Pieces” Plato pointed out: “... eyes, process, and takes the decision-making process psychological analysis, Gestalt, and cognitive
ears and even the whole body are interfering of consumers and enterprises’ economic psychology have a greater impact on
factors that hinder the soul’s acquisition of behaviours as well as the psychological economics [2].
knowledge.” For rational economists, this factors that influence these decision-making
irrationality the factors are to be eliminated, so processes. The basic task is to explore how
2. The change of psychology and
it is often psychologists rather than economists consumers, entrepreneurs, and political
its main genre
who have long focused on physical factors and decision-makers will perform under different In the economics community, Herbert
their effects on behaviour. Because economics conditions, and what decisions will be made Simon and Friedrich Hayek, who first called
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Neoclassical Rational economic man assumes; Equilibrium; marginal utility or Methodological marginal analysis
economics method;
Preference and endowment Free movement of elements and products; Individualism;
Distribution exogenous Production-homogeneity of elements and products Static and comparative static analysis
research on individual judgment economic volume. The calculation formula can If the time factor is considered in decision-
and decision making be calculated by Formula (2): making, behavioural economists find that
Although behavioural economics insists on the discount utility model that neoclassical
subjective axiology and rational hypothesis, it economics relies on in inter-temporal decision-
has gradually become an independent school (2) making also lacks a scientific basis, which can
to appear in the jungle of contemporary Where, Q is economic volume; ∆Q is be expressed by Formula (4).
economics through the challenge to rational- absolute quantity of economic volume change; T −t
economic man himself and the use of P is price; ∆P is absolute quantity of price U t (ct ,..., cT ) = ∑ D(k )u (ct + k )
psychology to construct its own behavioural change. The elasticity of a point on the demand k =0 (4)
basis. The hard core of behavioural economics curve (the quantity of ∆Q and ∆P is as 1 k
can be compared with that of neoclassical small as 0) and can be calculated by Formula D(k ) = { }
1 + ρ . In the theory of discount
economics, as shown in Table 1: (3)) utility, the inter-temporal preference of the
decision-maker to the consumption bundle
3.2 The impact of comparative (3) (ct ,..., cT ) can be expressed by the above-
research on decision bias and Where, ε p is price elasticity of a certain mentioned discount utility function. What the
rational mechanism point. The point elasticity is calculated on the decision-maker needs to do is to estimate the
To compare the extent to which economic premise that the equation of the demand curve utility flow of each period in the future, and then
volume in different economic entities are must be known. converts it into the present value through a
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< 0.001) and MD1 (F = 31.71, P < 0.001) have department -0.05 -0.05 -0.05 0.02 0.02 0.01
significant explanatory power. In model MD0, Leadership 0.41*** 0.42*** 0.36*** 0.27** 0.54*** 0.53***
the behaviour mobilization behaviour has mobilization
a significant positive effect on the change
atmosphere perception (β = 0.37, P < 0.001), perception, and a series of new theories with cultures. Taking the touch study as an example,
which supports the hypothesis H6. The domain characteristics have formed, the numerous studies have found that touch can
interaction items of behaviour mobilization researches on decision-making and judgment lead to more generous economic behaviour.
behaviour and trust behaviour are added to in behavioural economics make the boundary
model MD1, which increases the R–square of between psychology and economics become Acknowledgment
the model by 0.06 (P < 0.05). The regression fuzzy. Neuro-economics makes people begin to
coefficient of the interaction items is pay attention to the connections between the Philosophy and Social Sciences 13th five-year
significantly positive (β = 0.14, P < 0.05). neurobiological basics of economic behaviour. plan co-construction project of Guangdong
Besides, we may realize that initiating paradigm province: analysis on the development path of
5.Conclusions researches may have problems. Many guangdong’s foreign trade “supply-side reform”
behavioural studies of economic psychology (Project No.: GD16XYJ30); The development
A large number of studies and theories of and behaviour basically adopt the initiating of Joint Philosophy and Social Science13th
economic psychology and behaviour need paradigm. If the expanded scope of economic five-year plan of guangzho in 2017: Study on
to be sorted out and integrated. Although science is not recognized or if people don’t resource allocation and innovation driving path
lots of studies have proved the impact of actually apply this knowledge, it is possible of guangzhou foreign trade enterprises from
somatization factor on economic behaviour to initiate different symbolic representations the perspective of supply-side structural reform
such as preference, judgment, valuation, or metaphors for the same body clues even if (Project No.: 2017GZGJ20); Characteristic key
consumption, decision-making and risk different modes of thinking under different subject of International trade.
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