000752747 000__ 03332cam\a2200529Ii\4500 000752747 001__ 752747 000752747 005__ 20230306141431.0 000752747 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000752747 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000752747 008__ 151209s2016\\\\enk\\\\\ob\\\\001\d\eng\d 000752747 019__ $$a932337713 000752747 020__ $$a9781137568069$$q(electronic book) 000752747 020__ $$a1137568062$$q(electronic book) 000752747 020__ $$z9781137568083 000752747 020__ $$z1137568089 000752747 020__ $$z9781137568052 000752747 020__ $$z1137568054 000752747 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)ocn931878928 000752747 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)931878928$$z(OCoLC)932337713 000752747 040__ $$aN$T$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cN$T$$dN$T$$dIDEBK$$dYDXCP$$dCDX$$dEBLCP 000752747 049__ $$aISEA 000752747 050_4 $$aQL785$$b.M455 2016eb 000752747 08204 $$a591.5$$223 000752747 1001_ $$aMcFarland, David,$$eauthor. 000752747 24514 $$aThe biological bases of economic behaviour$$h[electronic resource] :$$ba concise introduction /$$cDavid McFarland. 000752747 264_1 $$aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$$aNew York, NY :$$bPalgrave Macmillan,$$c2016. 000752747 300__ $$a1 online resource. 000752747 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000752747 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000752747 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000752747 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000752747 5050_ $$aCover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 The Evolution of Economic Behaviour; Evolution by natural selection; Life history strategy; Kith and kin; Reciprocal altruism; Cultural evolution; Tool use and intelligence; Human evolution; Recent genetic changes; Human cultural evolution; The Neolithic revolution; Forms of exchange; Points to remember; 2 The Economic Behaviour of the Individual; A biological approach; The animal as an economic consumer; The supermarket analogy; Time and energy budgets in animals; Animal and human economics; Problems with microeconomics; Specific hungers 000752747 5058_ $$aPoints to remember3 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 000752747 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000752747 520__ $$aThe micro-economic behaviour typical of humans is also found in other animals, suggesting that some basic biological features underpin the behaviour of many species, and that there are some problems with traditional micro-economic theory. 000752747 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000752747 650_0 $$aAnimal behavior$$xEconomic aspects. 000752747 650_0 $$aDecision making in animals. 000752747 650_0 $$aEvolution (Biology) 000752747 650_0 $$aEconomics$$xPsychological aspects. 000752747 650_0 $$aEconomic anthropology. 000752747 650_0 $$aPsychology, Comparative. 000752747 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aMcFarland, David, author.$$tBiological bases of economic behaviour$$z9781137568083$$w(DLC) 2015025772$$w(OCoLC)913470087 000752747 852__ $$bebk 000752747 85640 $$3SpringerLink$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-137-56806-9$$zOnline Access$$91397441.1 000752747 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:752747$$pGLOBAL_SET 000752747 980__ $$aEBOOK 000752747 980__ $$aBIB 000752747 982__ $$aEbook 000752747 983__ $$aOnline 000752747 994__ $$a92$$bISE