Evolution of Time Preferences and Attitudes Towards Risk

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Cognitive Imprecision and Small-Stakes Risk Aversion (2018, unknown): ““Evolutionary” theories of the origin of preferences, such as those of Robson (2001), Rayo and Becker (2007), and Netzer (2009), suggest that this could be possible as well, though it is often unclear over what time scale the “evolution” is thought to occur in such theories. topic for further study.”
Violent conflict and behavior: A field experiment in Burundi (2012, background): “…measured in a variety of contexts, this 1 In the (very) long run, evolutionary processes can change the distribution of preferences, as suggested by Netzer (2009) in the case of risk and time preferences, and by Choi and Bowles (2007) for social preferences, even if preferences are still…”
The Evolutionary Foundations of Preferences (2011, background): “Netzer [89] examines the problem of maximizing the expected payoff further, considering a more general model in which the individual can perceive an arbitrary number of thresholds.”
The Genetics of Investment Biases (2014, background): “3 Other models of the natural selection of preferences and human behaviors include Rogers (1994), Waldman (1994), Robson (1996), and Netzer (2009).”