The economy as an evolving network

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 339-353

  Kirman, Alan ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Communication; Evolution; Learning; Market organisation; Network

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031541544     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001910050047     Document Type: Article

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