The use of modeling tools for policy in evolutionary environments

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 453-461

  Verspagen, Bart ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evolutionary economics; Policy models

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS; EVOLUTIONARY MODELS; MODELING TOOLS; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY DEBATES; POLICY MODELS; POSITION PAPERS; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; QUANTITATIVE MODELS;

ECONOMICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MODELING; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY STRATEGY;

EID: 62849102869     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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