The complex evolution of a simple traffic convention: The functions and implications of habit

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-47

  Hodgson, Geoffrey M ^a,c   Knudsen, Thorbjørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Conventions; Downward causation; Endogenous preferences; Evolution; Habits; Institutions; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842733480     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2003.04.001     Document Type: Article

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