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Socio-cultural Evolution, Institutionalized Dispositions, And Rational Expressive Behavior [PDF]

, 2017
. This paper explores the possibility of grounding human behavior in a social space and characterizing it as a rational expressive, norm-guided behavior based on institutionalized dispositions under bounded rationality.
HAYAKAWA, Hiroaki
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Rational bidding using reinforcement learning: an application in automated resource allocation [PDF]

, 2008
The application of autonomous agents by the provisioning and usage of computational resources is an attractive research field. Various methods and technologies in the area of artificial intelligence, statistics and economics are playing together to ...
A. Sherstov, C. Watkins, D. Gode, D. Reeves, E. Medernach, H.J. Herik van den, I. Erev, K. Lai, L. Panait, M. He, M. Kearns, M. Wellman, P. Green, R. Luce, S. Kaplan, T. Saaty, W. Smith, Y. Shoham   +17 more
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Economic rationality and ethical behavior [PDF]

This paper argues that economic rationality and ethical behavior cannot be reduced one to the other, casting doubts on the validity of formulas like 'profit is ethical' or 'ethics pays'.
Marc Le Menestrel
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The Real Impact of Digital Agricultural Technology Extension on Pesticide Reduction Behavior Among Wheat Farmers in Henan, China

Agriculture
In the context of sustainable development, the behavior of reducing pesticide use in the agricultural sector is crucial for environmental protection and ecological balance. However, there are two divergent views on whether digital agricultural technology
Bingjie Xu, Weijun Liu
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Nonlinear Dynamics and Economic Instability: The Optimal Management of a Biological Population

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1995
Assuming a competitive market, conditions are determined for when a steady-state equilibrium does not exist in the optimal dynamic management of a biological population.
Jean-Paul Chavas, Matthew T. Holt
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Rational economics in comparison to the case of behavioral economics

Ekonomski signali
This paper aims to represent the special characteristics of rational economics in comparison to the case of behavioral economics. Therefore, this analysis represents these issues and shows the main differences between the two concepts. The mainstream is to show the crucial attributes of both of them and the differences between them.
Constantinos Challoumis, Marko Savić, Nikola Pavlović   +2 more
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Individual Motivation, its Nature, Determinants and Consequences for Within Group Behavior [PDF]

The paper deals with evaluating the adequacy of the assumption that in economic transactions people are self-interested insofar as they are motivated solely by the concern of maximizing their own utility, and in particular with assessing how this ...
Alkire, Sabina, Deneulin, Séverine
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A Theory of Natural Addiction [PDF]

Economic theories of rational addiction aim to describe consumer behavior in the presence of habit-forming goods. We provide a biological foundation for this body of work by formally specifying conditions under which it is optimal to form a habit.
Attila Tasnádi, Trenton G. Smith
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The Edgeworth exchange formulation of bargaining models and market experiments [PDF]

We construct Edgeworth exchange economies equivalent to demand and supply environments typically used in bargaining models and market experiments. This formulation clearly delineates environment, institution, and behavior for these models and experiments.
Jason Shachat, Steven Gjerstad
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