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100	1		_aMcFarland, David.
245	1	4	_aThe Biological Bases of Economic Behaviour : _bA Concise Introduction.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aLondon : _bPalgrave Macmillan UK, _c2015.
264		4	_c©2016.
300			_a1 online resource (131 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1 The Evolution of Economic Behaviour -- Evolution by natural selection -- Life history strategy -- Kith and kin -- Reciprocal altruism -- Cultural evolution -- Tool use and intelligence -- Human evolution -- Recent genetic changes -- Human cultural evolution -- The Neolithic revolution -- Forms of exchange -- Points to remember -- 2 The Economic Behaviour of the Individual -- A biological approach -- The animal as an economic consumer -- The supermarket analogy -- Time and energy budgets in animals -- Animal and human economics -- Problems with microeconomics -- Specific hungers -- Points to remember -- 3 Behavioural Economics -- The experimental situation -- The sterile environment -- The captive animal -- The real world -- Animals in the real world -- Humans in the real world -- Hoarding and caching -- The rationality muddle -- Rational choice theory -- Biological rationality -- Points to remember -- 4 The Biological Bases of Decision-Making -- Decisions -- Recapitulation -- The biological view -- Functional aspects of decision-making -- Trade-off -- "Voluntary" decisions -- Introspection -- The teleological imperative -- Whither Homo economicus? -- Points to remember -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aBehavioral economics.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aMcFarland, David _tThe Biological Bases of Economic Behaviour _dLondon : Palgrave Macmillan UK,c2015 _z9781137568052
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4185104 _zClick to View
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