Can sustainable consumption be learned? A model of cultural evolution
时间： 2016-01-05 作者：Guido Buenstorf, Ch
作者： Guido Buenstorf, Christian Cordes
作者单位： 1Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group, Kahlaische Str. 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
刊名： Ecological Economics, 2008, Vol.67 (4), pp.646-657
来源数据库： Elsevier Journal
DOI： 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.01.028
关键词： Consumer behavior; Cultural evolution; Learning; Sustainability; Evolutionary economics;
英文摘要： This paper shows how sustainable consumption patterns can spread within a population via processes of social learning even though a strong individual learning bias may favor environmentally harmful products. We present a model depicting how the biased transmission of different behaviors via individual and social learning influences agents' consumption behavior. The underlying learning biases can be traced back to evolved cognitive dispositions. Challenging the vision of a permanent transition toward sustainability, we argue that “green” consumption patterns are not self-reinforcing and cannot be “locked in” permanently.
作者单位： 1Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group, Kahlaische Str. 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
刊名： Ecological Economics, 2008, Vol.67 (4), pp.646-657
来源数据库： Elsevier Journal
DOI： 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.01.028
关键词： Consumer behavior; Cultural evolution; Learning; Sustainability; Evolutionary economics;
英文摘要： This paper shows how sustainable consumption patterns can spread within a population via processes of social learning even though a strong individual learning bias may favor environmentally harmful products. We present a model depicting how the biased transmission of different behaviors via individual and social learning influences agents' consumption behavior. The underlying learning biases can be traced back to evolved cognitive dispositions. Challenging the vision of a permanent transition toward sustainability, we argue that “green” consumption patterns are not self-reinforcing and cannot be “locked in” permanently.
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