The biological bases of economic behaviour : a concise Introduction
- 作者： McFarland, David, author.
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- 出版： London : Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
- 主題： Animal behavior--Economic aspects. , Decision making in animals. , Evolution (Biology) , Economics--Psychological aspects. , Economic anthropology. , Psychology, Comparative. , Science. , Science, general.
- ISBN： 9781137568069 (electronic bk.) 、 9781137568083 (paper)
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- 資料類型: 電子書
- 摘要註: The micro-economic behaviour typical of humans is also found in other animals, suggesting that some basic biological features underpin the behaviour of many species, and that there are some problems with traditional micro-economic theory.
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- 系統號： 005359630 | 機讀編目格式
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Human genetics has changed little over the past 20,000 years, but human economic behaviour has changed a lot. These changes are probably due to human cultural evolution. But studies of human hunter-gatherers, and of a variety of other animal species, show that their micro-economic behaviour is much the same. Whereas the standard economic analysis focuses on money, the biological approach brings time and energy into the analysis. Moreover, humans and other animals tested under laboratory conditions do not exhibit the complexity of the results of field studies. In other words, results obtained in the real world are not the same as those obtained in the laboratory. The Biological Bases of Economic Behaviour invites readers to approach micro-economics from a biological viewpoint, in a clear and introductory manner.