An institutional and evolutionary perspective on health economics

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-256

  Hodgson, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary economics; Healthcare systems; Human needs; Institutional economics; Neoclassical economics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; HEALTH CARE; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 40749108408     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bem033     Document Type: Article

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