?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F26281%2F&rft.title=Evolutionary+Models+of+Preference+Formation&rft.creator=Alger%2C+Ingela&rft.creator=Weibull%2C+J%C3%B6rgen+W.&rft.subject=B-+ECONOMIE+ET+FINANCE&rft.description=The+literature+on+the+evolution+of+preferences+of+individuals+in+strategic+interactions+is+vast+and+diverse.+We+organize+the+discussion+around+the+following+question%3A+Supposing+that+material+outcomes+drive+evolutionary+success%2C+under+what+circumstances+does+evolution+promote+Homo+oeconomicus%2C+defined+as+material+self-interest%2C+and+when+does+it+instead+lead+to+other+preferences%3F+The+literature+suggests+that+Homo+oeconomicus+is+favored+by+evolution+only+when+individuals'+preferences+are+their+private+information+and+the+population+is+large+and+well-mixed+so+that+individuals+with+rare+mutant+preferences+almost+never+get+to+interact+with+each+other.+If+rare+mutants+instead+interact+more+often+(say%2C+due+to+local+dispersion)%2C+evolution+instead+favors+a+certain+generalization+of+Homo+oeconomicus+including+a+Kantian+concern.+If+individuals+interact+under+complete+information+about+preferences%2C+evolution+destabilizes+Homo+oeconomicus+in+virtually+all+games.&rft.publisher=IAST+Working+Paper&rft.date=2018-09&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F26281%2F1%2Fevolutionary_alger_weibull.pdf&rft.identifier=++Alger%2C+Ingela+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F234173319%3E+and+Weibull%2C+J%C3%B6rgen+W.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F034181938%3E++(2018)+Evolutionary+Models+of+Preference+Formation.++IAST+Working+Paper%2C+n.+18-82%2C+Toulouse+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fiast.fr%2Fpub%2F32951&rft.language=en