dc.contributor.author | Hodgson, G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Knudsen, T. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-09-26T10:06:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-09-26T10:06:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hodgson , G & Knudsen , T 2004 , ' The Complex Evolution of a Simple Traffic Convention: The Functions and Implications of Habit ' , Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization , vol. 54 , no. 1 , pp. 19-47 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2003.04.001 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0167-2681 | |
dc.identifier.other | dspace: 2299/668 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/668 | |
dc.description | Original article can be found at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01672681 Copyright Elsevier B.V. | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper explores the evolution of a simple traffic convention concerning the side of the road on which to drive. This agent-based simulation probes some of the deeper conceptual issues involved in the evolution of conventions, particularly the nature of rational decision-making and its possible reliance upon habit. The simulations show that the systemic convergence to a left/right convention is often improved or sustained by habit, alongside other “intelligent” and calculative attributes of agents. We show that habit formation is part of a possible mechanism of “reconstitutive downward causation” among agents where the preferences of each agent are partly malleable. | en |
dc.format.extent | 403807 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization | |
dc.title | The Complex Evolution of a Simple Traffic Convention: The Functions and Implications of Habit | en |
dc.contributor.institution | Hertfordshire Business School | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1016/j.jebo.2003.04.001 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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