It’s a well-known result that losing something produces roughly twice the disutility [as] gaining the same thing
This may depend what you mean by (dis)utility. Kermer et al. (one of the alii is Dan Gilbert) argue that “Loss aversion is an affective forecasting error”, caused by a tendency to systematically overestimate negative emotional responses.
This may depend what you mean by (dis)utility. Kermer et al. (one of the alii is Dan Gilbert) argue that “Loss aversion is an affective forecasting error”, caused by a tendency to systematically overestimate negative emotional responses.