The Evolution of Intertemporal Preferences
In: American economic review, Band 97, Heft 2, S. 496-500
ISSN: 1944-7981
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In: American economic review, Band 97, Heft 2, S. 496-500
ISSN: 1944-7981
In: The Canadian Journal of Economics, Band 17, Heft 4, S. 695
In: American economic review, Band 97, Heft 2, S. 492-495
ISSN: 1944-7981
In: The Canadian journal of economics: the journal of the Canadian Economics Association = Revue canadienne d'économique, Band 39, Heft 2, S. 375-398
ISSN: 1540-5982
Abstract. We argue for attention to the evolutionary origins of economic behaviour. Going beyond this, we argue that the economy of hunting and gathering was the context in which evolution shaped human characteristics that underlie modern economic behaviour. We first reconsider the basic biological question of why aging occurs at all. We then illustrate the usefulness of considering foraging economics by asking why it is biologically advantageous for humans to live long after their reproductive career is over. Further, we argue that foraging economics would have led to the simultaneous exaggeration of intelligence and of longevity that is characteristic of humans. JEL classification: A12, J10
In: American economic review, Band 93, Heft 1, S. 150-169
ISSN: 1944-7981
The economics of hunting and gathering must have driven the biological evolution of human characteristics, since hunter-gatherer societies prevailed for the two million years of human history. These societies feature huge intergenerational resource flows, suggesting that these resource flows should replace fertility as the key demographic consideration. It is then theoretically expected that life expectancy and brain size would increase simultaneously, as apparently occurred during our evolutionary history. The brain here is considered as a direct form of bodily investment, but also crucially as facilitating further indirect investment by means of learning-by-doing.
In: The Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'Economique, Band 32, Heft 1, S. 247
In: The Canadian Journal of Economics, Band 13, Heft 4, S. 668
In: The Canadian Journal of Economics, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 38
In: The Canadian journal of economics: Revue canadienne d'économique, Band 11, S. 38-55
ISSN: 0008-4085
In: The economic journal: the journal of the Royal Economic Society, Band 127, Heft 607, S. 2730-2743
ISSN: 1468-0297
In: Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1907R
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In: Canadian Slavonic papers: an interdisciplinary journal devoted to Central and Eastern Europe, Band 19, Heft 4, S. 511-546
ISSN: 2375-2475