Thorstein Veblen's theory of institutional change: Beyond technological determinism

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 455-477

  Brette, Olivier ^a  

^a ISH   (France)

Author keywords

Emergent effects; Evolutionary economics; Institutional change; Technological and cultural determinism; Veblen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344197704     PISSN: 09672567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0967256032000106698     Document Type: Review

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