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Hodgson, Geoffrey M. (contributor) - Edward Elgar

This volume offers outstanding works of recent scholarship on Darwinism covering three major fields of enquiry: • How Darwinism affects our conception of human nature and challenges long-standing assumptions such as self-interested behaviour. • Analysis of the nature of socio-cultural...

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Modelling Learning in Economics

Brenner, Thomas - Edward Elgar

This innovative book investigates the processes involved in economic learning by categorizing different ways of learning, and using mathematical models for their description. The author distinguishes three types of learning processes – non-cognitive, routine-based and associative learning –...

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Economics and Biology

Hodgson, Geoffrey M. (contributor) - Edward Elgar

Economics and Biology is a collection of key essays on the relationship between economics and biology. As the limitations of the mechanistic metaphor in economics are increasingly recognized, this volume explores the potential for the use of evolutionary and other ideas from the science of...

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The Market Way to Riches

Amendola, Mario; Gaffard, Jean-Luc - Edward Elgar

Mario Amendola and Jean-Luc Gaffard argue that all too often, markets and technology are treated as two magic words … economy in order to reap the benefits of a benevolent technology that promises the most spectacular advances. Both markets and … technology can certainly be considered essential economic factors, but which market and what technology? Is the current …

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The Evolving Economy

Witt, Ulrich - Edward Elgar

Change manifests itself in all facets of the economy. This important collection of previously published essays illustrates how the evolutionary approach can reveal not only where change comes from, and how it happens, but also where it will lead.

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS

Hey, John D. (contributor) - Edward Elgar

Experimental economics is a rapidly growing and influential branch of the discipline. In this two volume set the editors have bought together nine topics, including methodological concerns, preference reversals, willingness to pay and willingness to accept, bargaining and auctions, which...

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Recent Developments in Evolutionary Economics

Witt, Ulrich (contributor) - Edward Elgar

Evolutionary economics is a vital, expanding field of research focusing on the incessant transformation of the economy and its driving forces. Exploring the most recent research trends in the field, this volume presents a high quality set of papers indispensable to scholars and researchers...

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The Power of Evolutionary Thinking in Economics

Witt, Ulrich - Edward Elgar

Modern economies are constantly evolving. How is this transformation process caused? What are its characteristics? Where will it lead us? Ulrich Witt outlines an evolutionary way of thinking about these questions. He points out that while evolution in nature is adaptation to changing...

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Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital

Perez, Carlota - Edward Elgar

economy, taking a long-term perspective and linking technology and finance in an original and convincing way. …

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Creative Destruction

Metcalfe, J. S. (contributor); Ramlogan, Ronald (contributor) - Edward Elgar

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