A hasznosság interpretálása és szerepe a korai közgazdasági nézetektől a viselkedési közgazdaságtanig
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https://doi.org/10.35551/PFQ_2025_3_1Kulcsszavak:
hasznosság, hasznossági függvény, elmélettörténet, közgazdasági gondolkodás, B10, B21Absztrakt
A tanulmány a hasznosság koncepciójának elmélettörténeti alakulá-sát vizsgálja a 18. századi korai közgazdasági nézetektől a viselkedési közgazdaságta-nig. Kritikai értékelő, elemző módon rámutat arra, hogy hogyan alakult át a hasznos-ság értelmezése és szerepe a közgazdaságtan fejlődésével – az utilitarizmus normatív alapjaitól a marginális hasznosság elméletén és a racionális választás modelljén ke-resztül a várható hasznosság maximalizálásának formalizált keretévé. A tanulmány külön figyelmet szentel annak, hogy miként kérdőjelezte meg a viselkedési közgazda-ságtan a neoklasszikus közgazdaságtan racionalitásra és várható hasznosságra vonat-kozó feltételezéseit. Végül arra is kitér, hogy a valós körülmények között megvalósuló döntések és viselkedésformák empirikus kutatási eredményei hogyan járultak hozzá a hasznosság koncepciójának és a hasznossági függvényeknek a gazdagításához.
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