Chris Bidner
Biographic Data
| ID | 4152489 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Bidner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Bidner |
| SIGNATURE | BIDNER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Simon Fraser University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Integrating economic and evolutionary approaches to polygynous marriage
We outline the potential for integrating economic and evolutionary approaches to marriage and the family. Our broad argument is that the approaches share a concern for competition . Evolutionary scholars are concerned with the fitness consequences of competition and economists are centrally concerned with the nature of competition: how the allocation of scarce resources is mediated by potentially complex forms of social interaction and conflicts …
A gender-based theory of the origin of the caste system of India
Cultivating Trust: Norms, Institutions and the Implications of Scale
We study the co‐evolution of honesty norms and institutions. New trading opportunities require institutional changes to be realised, since the initial vulnerability of institutions to opportunistic behaviour leads to the deterioration of norms. We show how an escape from opportunism requires that institutional improvements outpace norm deterioration. A key prediction emerges: larger economies are more likely to evolve to steady states with strong…
A gender-based theory of the origin of the caste system of India
Cultivating Trust: Norms, Institutions and the Implications of Scale
We study the co‐evolution of honesty norms and institutions. New trading opportunities require institutional changes to be realised, since the initial vulnerability of institutions to opportunistic behaviour leads to the deterioration of norms. We show how an escape from opportunism requires that institutional improvements outpace norm deterioration. A key prediction emerges: larger economies are more likely to evolve to steady states with strong…
Cultivating Trust: Norms, Institutions and the Implications of Scale
We study the co‐evolution of honesty norms and institutions. New trading opportunities require institutional changes to be realised, since the initial vulnerability of institutions to opportunistic behaviour leads to the deterioration of norms. We show how an escape from opportunism requires that institutional improvements outpace norm deterioration. A key prediction emerges: larger economies are more likely to evolve to steady states with strong…
A gender-based theory of the origin of the caste system of India
Integrating economic and evolutionary approaches to polygynous marriage
We outline the potential for integrating economic and evolutionary approaches to marriage and the family. Our broad argument is that the approaches share a concern for competition . Evolutionary scholars are concerned with the fitness consequences of competition and economists are centrally concerned with the nature of competition: how the allocation of scarce resources is mediated by potentially complex forms of social interaction and conflicts …
Economics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Biology (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Caste (1 works)