for biological fitness. The process is predominately envisaged as a process of what I am going to term 'blind evolution …': a combination of random variation and selection. The idea of randomness is put into question. If evolution is is to be …

elements of these definitions, which can be summarized as institutions being "codifiable systems of social structures (in … understanding of "institutions" is sufficiently concrete. …

on the fact that other forms of - cultural - evolution rest upon foundations laid before by natural selection. It is … anthropology contributes to more realistic models of human behavior in economic contexts. …

Understanding the complexity of institutional change is a necessary step in gaining deeper knowledge of economic … institutionalism regarding institutional change and incorporated the "institutions-as-rules" approach (Douglass North) and the … "institutions-as-equilibria" approach (Avner Greif, Masahiko Aoki). We analyze both approaches to institutional change. Furthermore …