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Why Your Brain Loves a Loss More Than a Gain
Episode 13 of Behavioral Economics with Fexingo dives into loss aversion, the cognitive bias that makes losses feel roughly twice as painful as equivalent gains feel pleasurable. Lucas and Luna unpack the classic 1992 Kahneman and Tversky study where participants refused a coin-flip bet unless the potential win was at least double the potential loss — revealing the 2-to-1 ratio baked into our wiring. They explore real-world implications: why raising prices feels more painful to customers than removing a discount, why investors hold losing stocks too long (the disposition effect), and how…
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