The economic agent as rule maker and rule user: Homo Sapiens Oeconomicus

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-195

  Dopfer, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive, behavioral and neuronal economics; Evolution; Homo Sapiens Oeconomicus; Micro foundations of economics; Rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442437857     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-004-0189-9     Document Type: Review

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