Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2018
Titel der Quelle:
בד"ד - בכל דרכיך דעהו; כתב-עת לענייני תורה ומדע
Angaben zur Quelle:
34 (תשעט) 25-37
Keywords:
Talmud Bavli Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Talmud Bavli. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Property (Jewish law)
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Commerce (Jewish law)
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Watchmen (Jewish law)
Abstract:
Behavioral economics is the study of the effects of irrational factors on economic decisions in various fields. One of the phenomena which were found is the endowment effect. When people buy an item, they are ready to pay much less than the price they demand for a similar object of their own which they wish to sell. Another phenomenon is the status quo bias. People prefer to preserve economic situations or at least to change them as little as possible. Both phenomena can be explained by loss aversion. People value something they endow more than something they do not, even if it has exactly the same economic value. This effect holds, even though logically there seems to be no difference between the two options. In this paper we show how these concepts serve as common ground for several seemingly unrelated themes in Talmud and Poskim. This common ground helps to enlighten each of the themes separately. The halachic principles we deal with and analyze according to the above phenomena include rules of shomrim, ona'ah, ma'asrot, assessment of damages, and more.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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