Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e59805. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059805. Epub 2013 Mar 27.
Evolutionary models broadly support a number of social learning strategies likely important in economic behavior. Using a simple model of price dynamics, I show how prestige bias, or copying of famed (and likely successful) individuals, influences price equilibria and investor disposition in a way that exacerbates or creates market bubbles. I discuss how integrating the social learning and demographic forces important in cultural evolution with economic models provides a fruitful line of inquiry into real-world behavior.
进化模型广泛支持了许多在经济行为中可能很重要的社会学习策略。我使用一个简单的价格动态模型，展示了声望偏见（即模仿著名（且可能成功）的个体）如何影响价格均衡和投资者倾向，从而加剧或创造市场泡沫。我讨论了如何将文化进化中重要的社会学习和人口统计学力量与经济模型相结合，为研究现实世界的行为提供了一个富有成效的研究方向。
