The Mutual Gains from Trade Moderate the Parent-Offspring Conflict - Updated

Da Silva, Sergio (2014): The Mutual Gains from Trade Moderate the Parent-Offspring Conflict - Updated. Published in: American International Journal of Social Science , Vol. 3, No. 5 (30 October 2014): pp. 127-134.

Abstract

This essay asserts that the mutual gains accruing from the exchange of goods between siblings can moderate the famous parent-offspring conflict, an issue of interest in evolutionary biology. The rationale combines basic concepts of economics and behavioral genetics, and fills in the gaps of standard economic theory by justifying why trade, ultimately a cooperative endeavor, is possible from egoistic utility maximizers.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Parent-offspring conflict, Gains from trade, Economic methodology, Philosophical foundations of economics
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B4 - Economic Methodology > B41 - Economic Methodology

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