Project description
Why people make the decisions they make
People can be unpredictable. Emotions and social factors often prevail over economic incentives when people make decisions. So why don’t people react rationally? This is the question that behavioural economics tries to figure out. The EU-funded EvolvingEconomics project will produce novel insights and establish evolutionary foundations of human motivation. Specifically, it will study the interactions between non-related humans in small groups and those within the realm of the family. The findings will boost our understanding of the factors that shape human motivation which will be beneficial for decision-makers. By focusing on the observable behaviour of humans and using an interdisciplinary methodology, the project will establish evolutionary foundations of human motivation.
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ERC-ADG - Advanced Grant
Host institution
75794 Paris
France
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75794 Paris
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