Experimental Evolution and Economics
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 env...
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doaj-7962e7fc617444f1b993592bcbb4a9f12020-11-25T03:07:53ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402015-11-01510.1177/215824401561252410.1177_2158244015612524Experimental Evolution and EconomicsTerence C. Burnham0Aimee Dunlap1David W. Stephens2Chapman University, Orange, CA, USAUniversity of Missouri–St. Louis, USAUniversity of Minnesota, St. Paul, USAThis 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.https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244015612524 |
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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. |
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