The anatomy of emergence, with a focus upon capital formation

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 352-367

  Harper, David A ^a   Endres, Anthony M ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Capital; Complexity; Emergence; Evolutionary dynamics; Innovation; Production; Spontaneous order

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860444017     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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