Accounting for economic evolution: Fitness and the population method

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-49

  Metcalfe, John Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic evolution; Economic fitness; Fisher Price accounting

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 42249094014     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10818-008-9029-6     Document Type: Article

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