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A neo-darwinian foundation of evolutionary economics : with an application to the theory of the firm
Rahmeyer, Fritz - 2010
theory of innovation and later - based on Penrose - to resource-based theories of the firm. In this the dynamic process of … theory of the firm. -- Economic evolution ; Schumpeter and Marshall ; Generalized Darwinism ; Evolutionary theory of the firm …
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Conspicuous consumption and Darwin's critical sexual selection dynamic that Thorstein Veblen missed
Wisman, Jon D. - 2016
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Hayek's Theory of Social Evolution in the Light of Darwin's Descent of Man
Marciano, Alain - 2007
This article proposes to reassess Hayek's theory of cultural evolution in the light of Darwin's Descent of Man. It is … shown that Hayek and Darwin refers to the same theory of human nature which is borrowed from the founding fathers of … are then the consequence of this theory of human nature …
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Was Adam Smith an evolutionary economist? : Smith’s study of botany and Charles Darwin’s theory of morality
Taka, Tetsuo - In: Evolutionary and institutional economics review 18 (2021) 2, pp. 513-525
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A Darwinian Theory of Institutional Development Two Centuries Before Darwin
Grajzl, Peter; Murrell, Peter - 2015
How effective institutions come about and how they change are fundamental questions for economics and social science more generally. We show that these questions were central in the deliberations of lawyers in 17th century England, a critical historical juncture that has motivated important...
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Economists on Darwin's Theory of Social Evolution and Human Behaviour
Marciano, Alain - 2007
or refer to Darwin. We focus on the attitude of economists towards Darwin's theory of social evolution - an issue he … considered as central to his theory. We show that economists refer to and mention Darwin as a biologist and neglect or ignore his … theory of social and cultural evolution. Three types of reference are identified: first, economists refer to Darwin from the …
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The application of evolutionary concepts in evolutionary economics
Cordes, Christian - 2014
There are several ways to incorporate evolutionary concepts into economic thinking. This article reviews the most important transfers of this kind into evolutionary economics. It broadly differentiates between approaches that draw on an analogy construction to the biological sphere, those that...
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Von Hayek's theory of cultural evolution in the light of a simplified model of Kaufmann's general biological evolutionary theory
Wolf, Stephan - 2010
In this paper, Hayek's theory of cultural evolution is compared to a simplified general macro-model of evolution based …'s theory. …
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Emerging financial centres
Reszat, Beate - 1998
As emphasised in the beginning, the considerations presented here are very preliminary by nature. Nevertheless, some of the aspects discussed seem worth summarising. First, financial markets worldwide show a tendency of asymmetric regional "clustering" with newly emerging places challenging the...
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Accounting for evolution : an assessment of the population method
Metcalfe, John S. - 2004 - Penultimate Draft
Growth dynamics and structural change are the two central features of variation / selection processes within populations. This paper explores them in terms of three themes, or sets of accounts, namely Logistic Growth Accounting, Competition Accounting and the Price Theorem. The accounting...
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