A Review of Consequences of Poverty on Economic Decision-Making: A Hypothesized Model of a Cognitive Mechanism
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This review focuses on the issue of poverty affecting economic decision-making. By critically evaluating existing studies, the authors propose a structural model detailing the cognitive mechanism involved in how poverty negatively impacts economic decision-making, and explores evidence supporting the basis for the formation of this model. The suggested mechanism consists of a relationship between poverty and four other factors: (1) cognitive load (e.g., experiencing negative affect and stress); (2) executive functions (e.g., attention, working memory, and self-control); (3) intuition/deliberation in decision-making; and (4) economic decision-making (e.g., time-discounting and risk preference), with a final addition of financial literacy as a covariate. This paper focuses on shortfalls in published research, and delves further into the proposed model.
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The literature lacks an up-to-date, integrative, and critical review of all key aspects of scarcity theory.
“While the field is fast-growing, the literature lacks an up-to-date, integrative, and critical review of (the evidence for) all key aspects of scarcity theory.”
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The Conclusion (page unavailable) says earlier research consisted of partial studies that overlooked relationships across a broader framework, supporting the need for an integrative account. But the paper addresses poverty and economic decision-making; it does not establish that the literature lacks an up-to-date, critical review of all key aspects of scarcity theory. (LLM, conf=0.83)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredRisk behavior under financial scarcity might depend on whether the prospect involves a potential loss or gain.
“A potential explanation is that risk behavior under financial scarcity might depend on whether the prospect involves a potential loss or gain (Adamkovic ˇ and Martonc ˇik 2017).”
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Poverty and economic decision making: a review of scarcity theory
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- Adamkovič, M., & Martončik, M.
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- University of Prešov (SK)
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- Martončik, Marcel
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- Martončik, Marcel
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- Frontiers in Psychology
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- 2017-10-11
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- 1784-1784
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Keywords
- poverty, economic decision-making, cognitive load, executive function, delay discounting, risk preferences, financial literacy, stress, self-control, working memory
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