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Among Social Scientists, A Vigorous Debate Over Loss Aversion

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WHILE MOST PEOPLE have likely never heard of loss aversion, the concept — arising in the social sciences some four decades ago — is among the most influential in the behavioral sciences. In a nutshell, it holds that when people make decisions, the impact of losing something carries greater weight than the impact of gaining something of similar value — or that, in the often-quoted words of psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, “losses loom larger than gains.”

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Category: Trading PsychologyBy Chris TateDecember 3, 2021

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