of evolutionary theory to the development of concrete middle-range theories of specific economic phenomena. The purpose … can further the development of an evolutionary theory of economic growth. I will demonstrate the value of generalized … integrate the strengths of these three theories. The result of this exercise is a theory of the firm as a Darwin machine that …

taken into account in basic economic theory, explanatory or normative. It is shown here how a certain type of advertising is …

substantially improves upon existing economic theory. In contrast to existing theory, a number of recent health science writers have … highest rates of obesity. The essence of the theory is that obesity is the expected result when vulnerable people with low …

process consumer behavior has been changing. To explain the driving forces of this development, the paper introduces a theory … of evolving consumer preferences that is molded in an evolutionary paradigm. The theory allows to better assess how …

subbudget decision making at all levels. The consequences of these introductions are enormous for traditional theory. Most …, nor exclusively determined by market prices. In addition to the above, this paper argues for expansion of demand theory …, and for expansion of the theory of general equilibrium. The paper argues against the existence of a hard budget constraint …

-dimensional decision outcomes, economic theory assumes a uni-dimensional utility measure. This paper reviews evidence from behavioral and …