Evolution and the growth process: Natural selection of entrepreneurial traits

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 759-780

  Galor, Oded ^a   Michalopoulos, Stelios ^b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Growth; Natural selection; Risk aversion; Technological progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858005949     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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