A group selection perspective on economic behavior, institutions and organizations Export

@article{citeulike:5369973, abstract = {This article examines the role of group dynamics and interactions in explaining economic behavior and the evolution of institutions. Our starting point is the large literature on group selection in the biological, behavioral and social sciences. We present a range of interpretations of group selection, describe a complete set of group selection mechanisms, and discuss the empirical and experimental evidence for group selection. Unique features of cultural group selection are investigated, and opportunities for applying the latter to various areas of economic theory and economic policy are identified.}, author = {van den Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. and Gowdy, John M.}, citeulike-article-id = {5369973}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2009.04.017}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0167268109001255}, day = {09}, doi = {10.1016/j.jebo.2009.04.017}, issn = {01672681}, journal = {Journal of Economic Behavior \& Organization}, keywords = {behavior, economic, group, institutions, organizations, perspective, selection}, month = {May}, posted-at = {2009-10-02 13:41:30}, priority = {3}, title = {A group selection perspective on economic behavior, institutions and organizations}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2009.04.017}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5369973 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5369973 N2 - This article examines the role of group dynamics and interactions in explaining economic behavior and the evolution of institutions. Our starting point is the large literature on group selection in the biological, behavioral and social sciences. We present a range of interpretations of group selection, describe a complete set of group selection mechanisms, and discuss the empirical and experimental evidence for group selection. Unique features of cultural group selection are investigated, and opportunities for applying the latter to various areas of economic theory and economic policy are identified. JF - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization SN - 01672681 TI - A group selection perspective on economic behavior, institutions and organizations KW - behavior KW - economic KW - group KW - institutions KW - organizations KW - perspective KW - selection AU - van den Bergh, Jeroen AU - Gowdy, John PY - 2009/05/09/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2009.04.017 ER -