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Beyond "bounded rationality" : behaviours and learning in complex evolving worlds
Dosi, Giovanni; Faillo, Marco; Marengo, Luigi - 2018
-defined knowledge of our preferences, all possible states of the world, all possible actions (our "technologies"), the mappings among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894288
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The agenda for evolutionary economics : results, dead ends, and challenges ahead
Dosi, Giovanni - 2022
innovating with respect to their understandings of the world in which they operate, the technologies they master, their … technological evolution; (ii) The theory of the firm in evolving environments; (iii) The formalization of learning processes; (iv …) the theory of production; (v) consumption patterns; (vi) economic interactions and the working of markets; and, (vii) The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013402021
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Should we subsidize longevity?
Leroux, Marie-Louise; Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Gregory - 2009
This paper studies the design of the optimal non linear taxation in an economy where longevity varies across agents, and depends on three factors: longevity genes, health investment and farsightedness. Provided earnings, farsightedness and genes are correlated, governmental intervention can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831970
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Should we subsidize longevity?
Leroux, Marie-Louise; Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthière, Grégory - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003814383
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On the policy implications of changing longevity
Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Gregory - 2012
Our societies are witnessing a steady increase in longevity. This demographic evolution is accompanied by some convergence across countries, whereas substantial longevity inequalities persist within nations. The goal of this paper is to survey some crucial implications of changing longevity on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621750
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The economics of human development and social mobility
Heckman, James J.; Mosso, Stefano - 2014
This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252655
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Globalization, time-preferences, and populist voting
Aronsson, Thomas; Hetschko, Clemens; Schöb, Ronnie - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012498468
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Globalization, time-preferences, and populist voting
Aronsson, Thomas; Hetschko, Clemens; Schöb, Ronnie - 2020
Societies see growing support for populist politicians who advocate an end to globalization. Our behavioral economics model links impatience to voters’ appraisals of an income shock due to globalization that is associated with short-run costs and delayed gains. The model shows that impatient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012258291
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Endogenous growth and global divergence in a multi-country agent-based model
Dosi, Giovanni; Roventini, Andrea; Russo, Emanuele - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806187
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The role of comparative advantage, endowments and technology in structural transformation
Dosi, Giovanni; Tranchero, Matteo - 2019
In this chapter we discuss the role of natural resources and endowment structures on structural change. Departing from theories of trade that stress specialization according to one's comparative advantages as the key route to development, we articulate an alternative point of view on the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012215151