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

Dopfer, Kurt

In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2004, vol. 14, no. 2, p. 177-195

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    Title
    • The economic agent as rule maker and rule user: Homo Sapiens Oeconomicus
    Author
    • Dopfer, Kurt. Department of Economics, University of St.Gallen, Sandrainstrasse 21, 9010, St. Gallen, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:311736
    Summary
    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