title: On the evolution of hoarding, risk-taking, and wealth distribution in nonhuman and human populations.
abstract: This paper applies the theory of the evolution of risk-taking in the presence of idiosyncratic and environmental risks to the example of food hoarding by animals and explores implications of the resulting theory for human attitudes toward risk.
authors.affiliation: Economics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 tedb@econ.ucsb.edu.
authors.forename: Theodore C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Bergstrom
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D017753:Ecosystem; D060845:Hoarding / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012641:Selection, Genetic
keywords: evolutionary bet hedging; gambling; geometric mean; squirrel's dilemma; storage