Generalized Darwinism, group selection and evolutionary economic geography

Zeitschrift fur Wirtschaftsgeographie

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 129-146

  Essletzbichler, Jurgen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Evolutionary economic geography; Generalized darwinism'; Group selection; Multilevel co evolution

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GROUP SELECTION; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84867381870     PISSN: 00443751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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