Sexual reproduction and time-inconsistent preferences

被引：2

作者：

Warneryd, Karl ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Stockholm Sch Econ, Dept Econ, S-11383 Stockholm, Sweden

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2007年 / 95卷 / 01期

关键词：

time preference; time inconsistency; evolution;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2006.08.034

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Because humans used to live in small groups, the probability that the offspring of a gene's carrier would itself have the gene may have been greater than one-half, suggesting that fitness-maximizing time preference would have been biased toward the present. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：14 / 16

页数：3