On the evolution of hoarding, risk-taking, and wealth distribution in nonhuman and human populations
2014/09/19
研討會日期 : 2014-09-19
時間 : 14:30
主講人 : Professor Theodore C. Bergstrom
主持人 : Professor Shi-Shu Peng
地點 : Conference Room B110
演講者簡介 : Professor Bergstrom received his Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University's visit in 1967. He is currently Professor of Economics, University of California at Santa Barbara, (holder of Cherie and Aaron Raznick Chair in Economics). His research fields are Pure and Applied Micro-economic Theory, Public Finance, Welfare Economics, Resource Economics, Health Economics, International Trade, Game Theory, Evolutionary Theory, Economic Anthropology.
演講摘要 : This paper applies the theory of the evolution of risk-taking in the presence of idiosyncratic and environmental risks to the example of food hoarding by animals and explores implications of the resulting theory for human attitudes toward risk.
