caa a22 4500 465808964 CHVBK 20180323112111.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02393032 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02393032 Heiner Ronald George Mason University, 22030, Fairfax, VA aut Rule-governed behavior in evolution and human society [Elektronische Daten] [Ronald Heiner] I present a conceptual framework and analytical tools for generalizing existing theory in order to investigate imperfect choice that does not always make optimal decisions based on available information. The resulting analysis implies imperfect choice creates incentives forrule-governed behavior that is adapted only to recurrent situations (rather than adjusting optimally to all conditions), thereby producing a tendency to ignore relevant and even costlessly available information. These principles are applied to recent analysis on the foundations ofconstitutional economics. They are also applied to nonhuman evolution, and to human behavior within exchange environments in order to illustrate the pervasiveness of rule governed behavior, and to suggest a constitutional perspective about the importance of developing rules for governing peoples' ongoing economic and political decisions. I conclude by briefly discussing a basic tradeoff between reaching initial agreement over constitutional rules and the stability of future compliance to them once they are put into practical application. George Mason University, 1990 Constitutional Political Economy Kluwer Academic Publishers 1/1(1990-12-01), 19-46 1043-4062 1:1<19 1990 1 10602 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02393032 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02393032 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Heiner Ronald George Mason University, 22030, Fairfax, VA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Constitutional Political Economy Kluwer Academic Publishers 1/1(1990-12-01), 19-46 1043-4062 1:1<19 1990 1 10602 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer