Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
I conducted an internet-based large-scale survey of hypothetical choice experiment on the relative utility hypothesis which posits that human being make decisions taking into account not only their own conditions but also consequences of their behavior on social interactions. I showed that not only the intensity but also the distribution of relative utility are different across specific comparison benchmarks, and across types of reference groups people are facing in the experiments. The relative utility effect among Japanese respondents is found to be not as strong as can validate the Easterlin paradox.
All 2010 2009
All Journal Article (8 results) Presentation (2 results)
ISER Discussion Papers 798, Osaka University 798
Pages: 1-34
ISER Discussion Papers 795, Osaka University 795
Pages: 1-40
ISER Discussion Papers 772, Osaka University 772
Pages: 1-30
ISER Discussion Papers, Osaka University
Volume: 798
Volume: 795
ISER Discussion Paper 772
ISER Discussion Papers 759, Osaka University 759
Pages: 1-45
ISER Discussion Paper 759