How Chinese Proverbs Influence Risk Attitude and Intertemporal Decision- Making in Chinese People
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This paper focuses on whether Chinese proverbs have an impact on people's risk choice and time preference, which is a relatively new and interesting topic. The main research method used was a questionnaire survey, based on which some mathematical methods were used along with the literature to analyse and investigate. According to the overall results, it is clear that proverbs have an influence on people in both areas, implying that these factors may be relevant in future analyses of behavioural economics and that new perspectives in this field may be identified through this analysis, which may provide new ideas and approaches for solving related problems in the future.
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