Investors and Exploiters in Ecology and Economics: Principles and Applications
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Overview
In the natural world, some agents (investors) employ strategies that provide resources, services, or information, while others (exploiters) gain advantages through these efforts. This behavior coexists and can be observed in many species and at many levels. For example, bacteria depend on the existence of biofilms to synthesize constituent proteins; cancerous cells employ angiogenesis to feed a tumor; and parents forgo vaccinating their children yet benefit from herd immunity. Two independent research traditions have developed to analyze this behavior—one couched in evolutionary theory championed by behavioral ecologists, the other in social science concepts advocated by economists. In this book experts from economics, evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, public health, and anthropology look for commonalities in understanding and approach.
The contributors consider parasitic strategies in ecological and economic terms; the governance of natural resources, with insights from “producer-scrounger models,” forest management, and game theory; human health, discussing therapeutic opportunities, public health economics, and the integration of perspectives; and behavioral, social, and institutional consequences of exploitation strategies.
Contributors
Michal Arbilly, Zoltán Barta, Jan Börner, Sam P. Brown, Max Burton-Chellew, Juan Camilo Cardenas, Sasha R. X. Dall, Miguel dos Santos, Frédérique Dubois, Paul W. Ewald, Gigi Foster, Paul Frijters, Luc-Alain Giraldeau, Ben Greiner, Reem Hajjar, Philipp Heeb, Markus Herrmann, Tatsuya Kameda, Alex Kacelnik, Kiryl Khalmetski, Andrew J. King, Hanna Kokko, Michael Kosfeld, Wolfgang Leininger, Arnem Lotem, Kimberley J. Mathot, John M. McNamara, Friederike Mengel, Johan A. Oldekop, Daniel Pauly, Benjamin Roche, Devesh Rustagi, William J. Sutherland, Frédéric Thomas, Thomas J. Valone, Joël van der Weele, Björn Vollan, Claus Wedekind, Bruce Winterhalder
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262552004 |
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| Publisher: | MIT Press |
| Publication date: | 05/21/2024 |
| Series: | Strüngmann Forum Reports , #21 |
| Pages: | 264 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Philipp Heeb is Director of Research at the Centre national de la Recherche scientifiques (CNRS) in Evolutionary Ecology in the Laboratory for Evolution and Biological Diversity.
Michael Kosfeld is Professor of Business Administration at Goethe University Frankfurt, where he is also Director of the Center for Leadership and Behavior in Organizations (CLBO) and the Frankfurt Laboratory for Experimental Economic Research.
Table of Contents
The Ernst Strüngmann Forum vii
List of Contributors ix
1 Introduction Luc-Alain Giraldeau Michael Kosfeld 1
Ecological and Economic Conditions of Exploitation
2 Explaining Variation in Cooperative Behavior: Perspectives from the Economics Literature Friederike Mengel Joël van der Weele 11
3 The Ecological and Economic Conditions of Exploitation Strategies Maxwell N. Burton-Chellew Alex Kacelnik Michal Arbilly Miguel dos Santos Kimberley J. Mathot John M. McNamara Friederike Mengel Joël van der Weele Björn Vollan 29
Exploitation in the Context of Natural Resources
4 Producer-Scrounger Models and Aspects of Natural Resource Use Zoltán Barta 65
5 Common-Pool Resource Management: Insights from Community Forests Johan A. Oldekop Reem Hajjar 83
6 Governance of Renewable Resources: Insights from Game Theory Thomas J. Valone Zoltán Barta Jan Börner Juan-Camilo Cardenas Luc-Alain Giraldeau Hanna Kokko Johan A. Oldekop Daniel Pauly Devesh Rustagi William J. Sutherland 97
Exploitation in Public Health
7 Does Social Exploitation within Pathogen Populations Pose an Opportunity for Novel Therapeutic Approaches? Sam P. Brown 119
8 The Economics of Public Health in the Presence of Exploitation Strategies Markus Herrmann 131
9 Interventions to Control Damage from Infectious Disease: Integrating Ecological, Evolutionary, and Economic Perspectives Paul W. Ewald Markus Herrmann Frédéric Thomas Sam P. Brown Philipp Heeb Arnon Lotem Benjamin Roche 145
Strategies to Counter Exploitation
10 Challenges for Market and Institutional Design when Countering Exploitation Strategies Gigi Foster Paul Frijters Ben Greiner 171
11 Behavioral Consequence of Exploitation Frédérique Dubois Philipp Heeb Sasha R. X. Dall Luc-Alain Giraldeau 189
12 Exploitative Strategies: Consequences for Individual Behavior, Social Structure, and Design of Institutions Andrew J. King Michael Kosfeld Sasha R. X. Dall Ben Greiner Tatsuya Kameda Kiryl Khalmetski Wolfgang Leininger Claus Wedekind Bruce Winterhalder 205
Bibliography 215
Subject Index 241
What People are Saying About This
Evolutionary biologists and economists have a shared interest in understanding why some individuals in a group behave as 'free riders', benefiting from the efforts of others. If free riding is a good strategy, what limits its spread in a population? This edited book explores both the underlying science and its practical applications, for example in vaccination policy. It is a very valuable up-to-date summary of knowledge in an important area of interdisciplinary science.
Cheats, exploiters, and scroungers have forever been the bane of evolutionary models of cooperation and altruism.This remarkable volume, which brings together leading biologists and economists, sheds new light on understanding a world where investors and exploiters can be found in every nook and cranny of social dynamics.
Economists hesitate to learn from biologists and vice versa. Investors and Exploiters in Ecology and Economics shows that this can be overcome. This fascinating book sheds new light on cooperation, exploitation, and conflict. Natural resource exploitation and free riding in health are cases in point covered in the volume, yet by extrapolation the insights may even hint toward fundamental forces behind phenomena like populism, protectionism, and inequality.
Economists hesitate to learn from biologists and vice versa. Investors and Exploiters in Ecology and Economics shows that this can be overcome. This fascinating book sheds new light on cooperation, exploitation, and conflict. Natural resource exploitation and free riding in health are cases in point covered in the volume, yet by extrapolation the insights may even hint toward fundamental forces behind phenomena like populism, protectionism, and inequality.
—Joachim von Braun, Professor for Economic and Technical Change, Director, Center for Development Research, Bonn University, Germany; coeditor of Marginality: Addressing the Nexus of Poverty, Exclusion and Ecology
Evolutionary biologists and economists have a shared interest in understanding why some individuals in a group behave as 'free riders', benefiting from the efforts of others. If free riding is a good strategy, what limits its spread in a population? This edited book explores both the underlying science and its practical applications, for example in vaccination policy. It is a very valuable up-to-date summary of knowledge in an important area of interdisciplinary science.
—John Krebs, Emeritus Professor of Zoology, University of OxfordCheats, exploiters, and scroungers have forever been the bane of evolutionary models of cooperation and altruism. This remarkable volume, which brings together leading biologists and economists, sheds new light on understanding a world where investors and exploiters can be found in every nook and cranny of social dynamics.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Professor of Biology, University of Louisville; coauthor of How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started EvolutionEconomists hesitate to learn from biologists and vice versa. Investors and Exploiters in Ecology and Economics shows that this can be overcome. This fascinating book sheds new light on cooperation, exploitation, and conflict. Natural resource exploitation and free riding in health are cases in point covered in the volume, yet by extrapolation the insights may even hint toward fundamental forces behind phenomena like populism, protectionism, and inequality.
—Joachim von Braun, Professor for Economic and Technical Change, Director, Center for Development Research, Bonn University, Germany; coeditor of Marginality: Addressing the Nexus of Poverty, Exclusion and Ecology