Norms as emergent properties of adaptive learning: The case of economic routines

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-26

  Dosi, Giovanni ^a,b   Marengo, Luigi ^c   Bassanini, Andrea ^d,e   Valente, Marco ^f  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e OECD   (France)

^f AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Computability; Genetic programming; Oligopoly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033248593     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001910050073     Document Type: Article

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