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Self-Interest and the Self-Reference Fallacy

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Before going further with the microanalysis started in Chapter 13, I want to make a short detour. I think the detour topic is timely and important The topic concerns the well-known animal behavior or ethological phenomenon of defense of territory in the face of change. Both aspects—resistance to change and defense of territory are common among academicians as well as other higher primates. Economists are no exception.

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Cory, G.A. (2004). Self-Interest and the Self-Reference Fallacy. In: The Consilient Brain. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0045-2_14

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