The Mutual Gains from Trade Moderate the Parent-Offspring Conflict - Updated

This essay asserts that the mutual gains accruing from the exchange of goods between siblings can moderate the famous parent-offspring conflict, an issue of interest in evolutionary biology. The rationale combines basic concepts of economics and behavioral genetics, and fills in the gaps of standard economic theory by justifying why trade, ultimately a cooperative endeavor, is possible from egoistic utility maximizers.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Da Silva, Sergio
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	Parent-offspring conflict \| Gains from trade \| Economic methodology \| Philosophical foundations of economics

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in American International Journal of Social Science 5.3(2014): pp. 127-134
Classification:	B41 - Economic Methodology
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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