Bioeconomics as economics from a Darwinian perspective

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-34

  Witt, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Analogy; Darwinian world view; Development; Evolution; Evolutionary economics; Evolutionary progress; Genetic endowment; Growth of consumption; Natural selection; Preferences; Subjectivism

Indexed keywords

DARWINIA;

EID: 0002196418     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010054006102     Document Type: Article

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