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The cognitive origins of social stratification
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Hoffmann, R, The cognitive origins of social stratification, Computational Economics, 28 pp. 233-249. ISSN 0927-7099 (2006) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1007/s10614-006-9046-2
Abstract
In evolutionary psychology, cultural phenomena are explained with reference to evolved psychological processes. This paper presents an economic approach to explore this link by demonstrating how social stratification can arise in game-playing populations as a result of social categorisation of and inference from arbitrary agent traits. The computer simulation of the model demonstrates that agents' increasing ability to categorise opponents in the chicken game generates an increasing number of social groups whose members share commonality of fate both in terms of opponent behaviour and payoff levels.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | social cognition, social stratification, categorisation, chicken game |
| Research Division: | Economics |
| Research Group: | Applied economics |
| Research Field: | Behavioural economics |
| Objective Division: | Economic Framework |
| Objective Group: | Microeconomics |
| Objective Field: | Preference, behaviour and welfare |
| UTAS Author: | Hoffmann, R (Professor Robert Hoffmann) |
| ID Code: | 154752 |
| Year Published: | 2006 |
| Deposited By: | Economics |
| Deposited On: | 2023-01-04 |
| Last Modified: | 2023-01-04 |
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