The economics and bioeconomics of folk and scientific classification

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-238

  Ghiselin, Michael T ^a   Landa, Janet T ^b  

^a California Academy of Science   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

'Homo classificus'; Categorization; Economics of classification; Economics of identity; Ethnic trading networks; Folk taxonomy; Identification; Institutions; New institutional economics; Social distance; Systematics; Taxonomy; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 32544458136     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10818-005-4347-4     Document Type: Article

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