Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2021 Mar;376(1819):20190663. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0663. Epub 2021 Jan 11.
The field of comparative behavioural economics investigates decisions about the acquisition and exchange of goods and services. It does so in both humans and other species on the assumption that the cognition and emotions involved have a shared evolutionary background. This preface roughly defines the field and reviews a few selected early studies and concepts to offer a taste of what economic behaviour means in relation to species other than our own. This article is part of the theme issue 'Existence and prevalence of economic behaviours among non-human primates'.
比较行为经济学领域研究关于商品和服务的获取和交换的决策。它在人类和其他物种中进行研究,假设所涉及的认知和情感具有共同的进化背景。这篇前言大致定义了这个领域,并回顾了一些选定的早期研究和概念,以提供对除人类以外的物种的经济行为的理解。本文是主题为“非人类灵长类动物中经济行为的存在和普遍性”的一部分。