Teoria do prospecto e efeitos certeza, reflexão, possibilidade e enquadramento em graduandos dos cursos de administração e economia de uma Universidade Federal Sul-Mato-Grossense

Abstract

The general objective of this study was to identify the presence of aversion to risk and losses and the effects of certainty, reflection, possibility and framing within the groups of undergraduate students of the Business and Economics courses at the Federal University of Grande Dourados. The study analyzed whether academics are averse or prone to risk in scenarios of economic gains and losses. It also analyzed whether the effects of certainty, reflection, possibility and framing were present in the decision-making process of these academics. This was done through a field survey with questionnaires. The sample consisted of 35 students from the Business Administration course and 23 students from the Economics course. Descriptive statistics was used for data analysis. The results showed that academics are risk averse in the field of gains and prone to risk in the field of losses, and reflection, certainty and framing effects were identified, confirming the theoretical assumptions. However, the results did not allow the identification of the possibility effect. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.