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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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Do institutions for collective action evolve?

Ostrom, Elinor - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 16 (2014) 1, pp. 3-30

method for studying the evolution of rules will be based on the IAD framework and on our long-term study of rules related to …

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Murders, he wrote: a note on declining deadly violence

McClure, James - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 13 (2011) 3, pp. 205-212

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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

Ugo Pagano provides a stimulating account of the grand sweep of human existence on this planet, relying on a few carefully-chosen analytic tools, including the role of sexual selection, brain size, public versus positional goods, and complementarities. But in his telegraphic narrative the...

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Love, war and cultures: an institutional approach to human evolution

Pagano, Ugo - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 15 (2013) 1, pp. 41-66

Love, war and culture have all played an important role in the evolution of human institutions and they have been … institutional approach to human evolution. The different nature of contemporary production processes involves a new set of …

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How far does evolution take us? Comment on Elinor Ostrom’s: do institutions for collective action evolve?

Poteete, Amy - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 16 (2014) 1, pp. 91-98

between biological and institutional evolution, and describes an hypothetical example of institutional evolution related to an … irrigation system. The article is provocative but not definitive in that it does not demonstrate that evolution is more than a … Ostrom’s contention that evolution is not just a metaphor for institutional change, but also suggests that not all …

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The Bioeconomics of Cooperation

Gifford, Adam - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 2 (2000) 2, pp. 153-168

a similar shift in focus from the level of the individual to the group when studying the evolution of altruism. But some …

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Altruism and Spite in a Selfish Gene Model of Endogenous Preferences

Burnham, Terence - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 3 (2001) 2, pp. 123-148

Economists and biologists have long grappled with the apparent contradiction of altruism in a naturally-selected world. Standard economic models are built upon an assumption of material self-interest where agents maximize individual outcomes without regard for the effects on others. This paper...

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Sexual Selection and Economic Positioning

Niman, Neil - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 8 (2006) 1, pp. 21-33

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The Social Gene

Cassill, Deby - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 7 (2005) 1, pp. 73-84

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