The Evolutionary Theory of Time Preferences and Intergenerational Transfers [0.03%]
时间偏好与代际转移支付的演化理论
C Y Cyrus Chu,Hung-Ken Chien,Ronald D Lee
C Y Cyrus Chu
At each age an organism produces energy by foraging and allocates this energy among reproduction, survival, growth, and intergenerational transfers. We characterize the optimal set of allocation decisions that maximizes fitness. Time prefer...
Intertemporal consumption with directly measured welfare functions and subjective expectations [0.03%]
基于直接福利函数测量和主观预期的跨期消费理论
Arie Kapteyn,Kristin J Kleinjans,Arthur van Soest
Arie Kapteyn
Euler equation estimation of intertemporal consumption models requires many, often unverifiable assumptions. These include assumptions on expectations and preferences. We aim at reducing some of these requirements by using direct subjective...
Culture sometimes matters: intra-cultural variation in pro-social behavior among Tsimane Amerindians [0.03%]
文化有时确实重要：塔西内阿美inds民族内部的文化差异与亲社会行为
Michael Gurven,Arianna Zanolini,Eric Schniter
Michael Gurven
Agent-centered models usually consider only individual-level variables in calculations of economic costs and benefits. There has been little consideration of social or cultural history on shaping payoffs in ways that impact decisions. To ex...
Celestial marriage and earthly rents: interests and the prohibition of polygamy [0.03%]
利之所系：一夫一妻制的实行与缠足禁令
G M Anderson,R D Tollison
G M Anderson
Just prior to the Civil War, the US government set out on a relentless campaign to eliminate polygamy within the Mormon Church. This paper offers evidence that the political restrictions on the practice of polygamy were the result of rent s...
Economic behavior, marriage and fertility: two lessons from polygyny [0.03%]
一妻多夫制的两个经济教训：经济行为、婚姻与生育
A Grossbard-shechtman
A Grossbard-shechtman
"This paper derives and estimates an index of the relative importance of children in marriage by comparing the effect of husband's income on the actual number of wives in the household with the demand for wives derived from the number of ch...
C D Phelps
C D Phelps