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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Main Authors: Terence C. Burnham, Aimee Dunlap, David W. Stephens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-11-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244015612524