Bringing Evolutionary Thinking into Economics and Finance: Advice for an Aspiring Economist

8 Pages Posted: 6 Oct 2020

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David A. Hirshleifer

Marshall School of Business, USC; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: September 12, 2020

Abstract

This piece provides advice to an aspiring economist about why and how to bring evolutionary thinking into economics and finance. It was written as part of a series, “Advice for an aspiring economist,” for This View of Life. In this series scholars provide their informal perspectives about evolution and economics.

Keywords: evolution, economics, finance, behavioral economics, behavioral finance, new evolutionary finance, cultural evolution

JEL Classification: D03, G02

Suggested Citation

Hirshleifer, David A., Bringing Evolutionary Thinking into Economics and Finance: Advice for an Aspiring Economist (September 12, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3692892 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3692892

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