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Kurzban, Robert; DeScioli, Peter - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 15 (2013) 3, pp. 269-279

Immanuel Kant, Adam Smith, Charles Darwin, George Williams, and Stephen J. Gould, among others, have pointed out that observing that a certain behavior causes a certain effect does not itself license the inference that the effect was the result of intent or design to bring about that effect....

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Cooperative and non-cooperative management of the Northeast Atlantic cod fishery

Bjørndal, Trond; Lindroos, Marko - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 14 (2012) 1, pp. 41-60

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Increasing cooperation among plants, symbionts, and farmers is key to past and future progress in agriculture

Denison, R. - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 16 (2014) 3, pp. 223-238

The collective welfare of crop plants, their microbial symbionts, farmers, and society can be undermined by tragedies of the commons. A crop could increase resource allocation to grain if each plant invested less in sending roots into soil already explored by neighbors and less in stem growth....

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Sex on the brain: some comments on ‘love, war and cultures: An institutional approach to human evolution’

Hodgson, Geoffrey - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 15 (2013) 1, pp. 91-95

carefully-chosen analytic tools, including the role of sexual selection, brain size, public versus positional goods, and …

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Rotating the Necker cube: A bioeconomic approach to cooperation and the causal role of synergy in evolution

Corning, Peter - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 15 (2013) 2, pp. 171-193

The paradox of widespread cooperation in an intensely competitive natural world has been a major focus of theory and … it might also be useful to view cooperation (and biological complexity) from a bioeconomic perspective. Here I will … briefly explore the case for a paradigm shift, with special reference to the role of functional synergy as a distinct class of …

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Is cooperation instinctive? Evidence from the response times in a public goods game

Lotito, Gianna; Migheli, Matteo; Ortona, Guido - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 15 (2013) 2, pp. 123-133

We use data on response times from a public goods experiment to test the hypothesis that cooperation is instinctive … hypothesis that cooperation is instinctive, while defection is ‘rational’. Moreover, as the experiment is designed also to assess … the effects of the consumption of relational goods on cooperation, we are also able to state that some types of relational …

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Applying evolutionary theory to human behaviour: past differences and current debates

Brown, Gillian; Richerson, Peter - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 16 (2014) 2, pp. 105-128

-group competition can explain the evolution of non-kin cooperation. We conclude that a complete understanding of human behaviour …

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Why Ants Do but Honeybees Do Not Construct Satellite Nests

Landa, Janet; Tullock, Gordon - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 5 (2003) 2, pp. 151-164

Synopsis: Ants and honeybees are both social insects that share many characteristics in common. But there is a fundamental difference between ants and bees. Ants can and do construct main nests with satellite nests, whereas bees construct only a main nest with no satellite nests. In this paper...

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Skew Selection: Nature Favors a Trickle-Down Distribution of Resources in Ants

Cassill, Deby - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 5 (2003) 2, pp. 83-96

Synopsis: According to skew selection, ant queens are neither ruthlessly selfish nor blindly altruistic; they are shrewd investors. The goal of shrewd investors is not to win the game, but to continue play over evolutionary time. Skew selection describes a set of investment strategies employed by...

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Reciprocity in Ranked Relationships: Does Social Structure Influence Social Reasoning?

Fiddick, Laurence; Cummins, Denise - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 3 (2001) 2, pp. 149-170

Many economic and evolutionary theories have modeled cooperation as the evolutionary outcome of decisions made by …

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