Economic agents are not always rational or farsighted and can make decisions according to
simple behavioral rules that vary according to situation and can be studied using the tools of …

What preferences will prevail in a society of rational individuals when preference evolution is
driven by the resulting payoffs? We show that when individuals' preferences are their private …

Samir Okasha approaches evolutionary biology from a philosophical perspective in Agents
and Goals in Evolution, analysing a mode of thinking in biology called agential thinking. He …

The 50-year old concept of an evolutionarily stable strategy provided a key tool for theorists
to model ultimate drivers of behaviour in social interactions. For decades, economists …

The adoption of certain farm management practices, such as tree planting and soil and
water conservation, can reduce exposure to weather shocks. However, in many countries …

What kind of preferences should one expect evolution to favor? We propose a definition of
evolutionary stability of preferences in interactions in groups of arbitrary finite size. Groups …

In this study, we examine the effects of own and peer adoption of improved soybean variety
on household yields and food and nutrient consumption, using observational data from …

The evolution of social traits remains one of the most fascinating and feisty topics in
evolutionary biology even after half a century of theoretical research. WD Hamilton shaped …

This paper examines the reflexive interplay between individual decisions and social forces
to analyze the evolution of cooperation in the presence of “multi-directedness,” whereby …

The literature on the evolution of preferences of individuals in strategic interactions is vast
and diverse. We organize the discussion around the following question: Supposing that …