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How to Make Scientists Agree - An Evolutionary Betting Mechanism
Slembeck, Tilman - EconWPA - 2000
This paper proposes an evolutionary betting mechanism that refers to scientists' academic reputation. The mechanism provides incentives for theoretical and empirical researchers to work on joint projects, thereby producing more general findings and stylized facts that can be used in giving...
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Conceptual and political foundations for examining the interaction between nature and economy
Faber, Malte; Frick, Marc - 2019
introduce fundamental concepts such as entropy, joint production, ignorance, evolution, absolute scarcity, responsibility and …, environmental and political evolution are outlined in Section 4. In Section 5, we apply the concept of responsibility to address …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141445
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Conceptual and political foundations for examining the interaction between nature and economy
Faber, Malte; Frick, Marc - 2019
introduce fundamental concepts such as entropy, joint production, ignorance, evolution, absolute scarcity, responsibility and …, environmental and political evolution are outlined in Section 4. In Section 5, we apply the concept of responsibility to address …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011975547
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EVOLUTION AND THE COMPLEXITY OF FINITE AUTOMATA
KILANI, MOEZ - In: International Game Theory Review (IGTR) 09 (2007) 04, pp. 731-743
Prisoner's dilemma played by finite automata is reviewed again using a slightly modified measure of complexity. At a first step, an equilibrium with a large number of possible outcomes is shown to hold. At a second stage, we consider a game of repeated interaction, and show that on (limit)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081028
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Appendix A A Guide for Newcomers to Agent-Based Modeling in the Social Sciences
Axelrod, Robert; Tesfatsion, Leigh - In: Handbook of computational economics : volume 2, …, (pp. 1647-1659). 2006
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An interview with Brian J. Loasby
Foss, Nicolai J. - Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy, …
Equilibrium and Evolution (Manchester University Press, 1991), in addition to numerous papers in and edited volumes. Brian Loasby …
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A fresh look on economic evolution from kinetic viewpoint
Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, Marco - 2003
evolution equilibrium. It is based on arguments from the gradual vs. bang-bang tax reform controversy and from the debate on …
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Evolutionary economics and household behavior
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2014
This paper provides an introduction to the field of evolutionary economics with emphasis on the evolutionary theory of household behavior. It shows that the goal of evolutionary economics is to improve upon neoclassical economics by incorporating more realistic and empirically grounded...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421455
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The evolution of industry in Uganda
Obwona, Marios; Shinyekwa, Isaac; Kiiza, Julius; … - 2014
The paper looks at the evolution of industry in Uganda examining drivers and constraints since the pre-colonial period … policy to industrialization has not been adequate to propel industrial development in Uganda. State withdrawal from direct … involvement in industrial development was prematurely done and should be revisited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343209
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Aestheticism in the theory of custom
Schlicht, Ekkehart - 2021
The nature of learning processes as well as evolutionary considerations suggest that aesthetic judgement is of central importance in the formation of custom. Learning and extrapolation rely on evaluations of non-instrumental features like simplicity, analogy, straightforwardness, and clarity....
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