The economic agent as rule maker and rule user: Homo Sapiens Oeconomicus

Kurt Dopfer ()

Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2004, vol. 14, issue 2, 177-195

Abstract: The paper discusses the micro foundations of evolutionary economics, introducing a unified concept of the economic agent as a rule maker and rule user. Based on recent findings of the neuronal, cognitive and behavioral sciences, Homo Sapiens Oeconomicus emerges as an alternative to Homo Oeconomicus. A taxonomy of rules distinguishing between cognitive, behavioral and blueprint rules and a set of theoretical propositions related to the structure and evolution of those rules are suggested. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 2004

Keywords: Micro foundations of economics; Homo Sapiens Oeconomicus; Evolution; Rules; Cognitive; behavioral and neuronal economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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