A Foundation for Behavioral Economics
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The core theory of behavior in economics, which structures inquiry and provides a framework for empirical analysis, is largely responsible for the success of the discipline. Behavioral economics (BE) challenges this theory but has failed to provide a coherent alternative. Consequently the influence of BE has been limited. In what follows we argue that evolutionary psychology (EP), suitably adapted, can provide at least a partial foundation for BE. Its methods offer a way of generating theories of the origins of anomalous behaviors and a way to test those theories.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008