Análisis de la toma de decisiones mediante la medición de empatía usando teoría de respuesta al ítem, y su relación con la racionalidad

Abstract

This document is a result of the project “Análisis de la racionalidad de las decisiones desde la perspectiva de Jon Elster a través de economía experimental y teoría de respuesta al ítem TRI” registered in the XI Convocatoria Interna de investigación de la Universidad Santo Tomas seccional Bucaramanga. Here is explained how the empathy variable was build using an Item Response Theory (IRT) Samejima’s graded response model, described in (Reckase, 2009). This approach, is argued, as something new in economics with the purpose of showing that it is possible to successfully use models from other fields. The empathy variable is also compared with rationality results under the light of the Elsterian rational theory to find out if there is any relation with decision making. It is found that although the results of the correlations are not very significant, conclusions can be drawn from the signs of these correlations using Elster’s extended theory of rationality.