Experimental Evolution and Economics:

SAGE Open

Terence C. Burnham¹ 

关键词: preferences;    natural selection;    evolution;    microeconomics;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244015612524

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

This is a theory paper that advocates experimental evolution as a novel approach to study economic preferences. Economics could benefit because preferences are exogenous, axiomatic, and contentious. Experimental evolution allows the empirical study of preferences by placing organisms in designed environments and studying their genotype and phenotype over multiple generations. We describe a number of empirical studies on different aspects of preferences. We argue that experimental evolution has the potential to improve economics.

【 授权许可】

CC BY