In defence of generalized Darwinism

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 577-596

  Aldrich, Howard E ^a   Hodgson, Geoffrey M ^b   Hull, David L ^c   Knudsen, Thorbjørn ^d   Mokyr, Joel ^c   Vanberg, Viktor J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalized Darwinism; Replication; Selection; Socio economic evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549115356     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-008-0110-z     Document Type: Article

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