Darwinian foundations for evolutionary economics

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 415-423

  Stoelhorst, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Generalized darwinism; Institutions; Veblen

Indexed keywords

EID: 46849098789     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2008.11507150     Document Type: Article

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