Chapter 7. The Evolutionary Foundations of Preferences

This paper surveys recent work on the evolutionary origins of preferences. We are especially interested in the circumstances under which evolution would push preferences away from the self-interested perfectly-rational expected utility maximization of classical economic theory in order to incorporate environmental or social considerations.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Robson, Arthur J. ; Samuelson, Larry
Published in:	Handbook of social economics : volume 1. - Amsterdam : Elsevier/North-Holland, ISBN 0-444-53713-9. - 2011, p. 221-310
Subject:	Preferences \| Evolution \| Evolution of Preferences \| Risk \| Status \| Discounting \| Hyperbolic Discounting \| Relative Consumption \| Group Selection \| Präferenztheorie \| Theory of preferences \| Evolutionsökonomik \| Evolutionary economics \| Verhaltensökonomik \| Behavioral economics \| Sozialer Status \| Social status \| Diskontierung \| Intertemporale Entscheidung \| Intertemporal choice \| Konsumentenverhalten \| Consumer behaviour \| Evolutionäre Spieltheorie \| Evolutionary game theory \| Experiment \| Altruismus \| Altruism