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请花一分钟：深思熟虑如何改变亲社会选择
Please Take a Minute: How Prosocial Choices Change with Deliberation
摘要
People often make decisions quickly when presented with a choice. Are their initial answers a good approximation of what they would choose if they took more time to decide? We explore how individuals’ choices change with deliberation and find that later choices systematically differ from early ones. We focus on prosocial decisions and find that individuals’ choices respond more to social efficiency as they deliberate over the course of a minute. Our results call into question the use of revealed preference for welfare when prosocial choices are made quickly and provide guidance to policy makers and charities.
中文摘要
人们在面临选择时往往迅速做出决定。他们最初的回答是否很好地近似于若花更多时间思考后可能做出的选择？我们探讨了个体选择如何随深思熟虑而变化，并发现后来的选择与早期选择存在系统性差异。我们聚焦于亲社会决策，发现随着个体在一分钟内进行思考，其选择对社会效率的响应程度增强。我们的结果对在快速做出亲社会选择时使用显示性偏好进行福利评估提出了质疑，并为政策制定者和慈善机构提供了指导。