The field of comparative behavioural economics investigates decisions about the acquisition and exchange of goods and services. It does so in both humans and other species on the assumption that the cognition and emotions involved have a shared evolutionary background. This preface roughly defines the field and reviews a few selected early studies and concepts to offer a taste of what economic behaviour means in relation to species other than our own.

This article is part of the theme issue ‘Existence and prevalence of economic behaviours among non-human primates’.

中文翻译：

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动物如何做生意

比较行为经济学领域研究有关商品和服务的获取和交换的决策。它在人类和其他物种中都是这样做的，前提是所涉及的认知和情感具有共同的进化背景。本前言粗略地定义了该领域，并回顾了一些选定的早期研究和概念，以了解经济行为对于除我们自己以外的物种意味着什么。

本文是主题问题“非人类灵长类动物经济行为的存在和流行”的一部分。