The “uneven route” accountpredicts how and why loss aversion appears in human behavior. The account assumes that loss aversion occurs when the routes (the number of transitions of the same possession) for losses are greater than those for gains. The present study manipulated the uneven route account and then reexamined the account by using more harsh and unfavorable experimental conditions. Results of four experiments and a mini meta-analysis consistently showed that the modal choice supporting the uneven route account was robust to variations in the experimental design to the magnitude of payoffs and to the index of measuring loss aversion. That is, loss aversion disappeared in the tax refund versus tax paid scenario compared with the win money versus lose money scenario. These results are expected to enrich the underlying mechanism of loss aversion and attract the interest of fellow researchers to conduct further research to see which account can better explain the loss aversion.

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重新审视损失厌恶的“不平坦路线”解释

“不平坦的路线”解释了损失厌恶如何以及为什么出现在人类行为中。该帐户假设损失厌恶发生在损失的路线（相同财产的转换次数）大于收益的路线时。本研究操纵不平坦路线帐户，然后通过使用更苛刻和不利的实验条件重新检查帐户。四项实验和小型元分析的结果一致表明，支持不均匀路线帐户的模式选择对实验设计的变化对收益大小和衡量损失厌恶的指数具有鲁棒性。也就是说，损失厌恶的消失退税与税收缴纳情况与比赢的钱与赔钱的场景。这些结果有望丰富损失厌恶的潜在机制，并吸引其他研究人员的兴趣进行进一步的研究，看看哪个账户可以更好地解释损失厌恶。