The origins of meso economics

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-160

  Dopfer, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evolutionary ontology; Hayek; History of economic thought; Knowledge; Marshall; Mesoeconomics; Micro meso macro framework; Neoclassical versus evolutionary economics; Schumpeter; Schumpeterian economics; Unified rule theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855359282     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-011-0218-4     Document Type: Article

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