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Experimental Evolution and Economics

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2015
This is a theory paper that advocates experimental evolution as a novel approach to study economic preferences. Economics could benefit because preferences are exogenous, axiomatic, and contentious.
Terence C. Burnham   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic Behavior in the Face of Resource Variability and Uncertainty

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2011
Policy design is largely informed by the traditional economic viewpoint that humans behave rationally in the pursuit of their own economic welfare, with little consideration of other regarding behavior or reciprocal altruism.
Ryan R J. McAllister   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measures ensuring the food quality on retail markets: experimental perspective

open access: yesAgricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2014
Due to the ongoing problems with the quality of foods in European markets, the public authorities try to take some measures, which would reduce the amount of substandard food products offered to consumers in retailing.
Martin POLÍVKA, David MARTINČÍK
doaj   +1 more source

Remuneración a la fuerza de ventas: variables que determinan su éxito o fracaso. Remuneration of sales force: Variables that determine your success or failure.

open access: yesTec Empresarial, 2016
Resumen La remuneración a la fuerza de ventas es un tema fundamental en las organizaciones comerciales. ¿Qué tipo de incentivos incrementan el esfuerzo del vendedor para lograr las metas de la organización?
Federico Torres Carballo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bounded rationality in Keynesian beauty contests: a lesson for central bankers?

open access: yesEconomics: Journal Articles, 2020
The great recession (2008) triggered an apparent discrepancy between empirical findings and macroeconomic models based on rational expectations alone.
Mauersberger Felix   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Choice of Fish Species: An Experiment Measuring the Impact of Risk and Benefit Information

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2008
An experiment was conducted in France to evaluate the impact of health information on consumer's choice. Fish have positive and negative health attributes, and we focus on fish species of diverging risk-benefit ratios. Successive messages revealing risks
Stephan Marette   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental Simulation of Public Information Impacts on Price Discovery and Marketing Efficiency in the Fed Cattle Market

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1998
Federal budgetary pressures raise questions regarding the importance of public market information. This study assesses the impact of price discovery and production efficiency of reducing public price and quantity information.
John D. Anderson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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