1st Edition
Economic Evolution An Inquiry into the Foundations of the New Institutional Economics
By Jack J Vromen
Copyright 1995
254 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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The new institutional economics offers one of the most exciting research agendas in economics today. Yet can it really explain processes of economic change? Economic Evolution explores three of the main approaches within the new institutional economics: * the new theory of the firm, * Nelson and Winter's evolutionary economics * game theoretic accounts of spontaneous evolution. Close analysis... Read more
Preface, 1 INTRODUCTION, Part I Firms and industries, Part II Functional explanation and evolutionary mechanisms, Part III Individuals and groups, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Jack J Vromen
`I think this is a wonderful book. The author considers a wide range of literatures, and discusses each with sophistication and subtlety ... I learned a lot from what he had to say.' - Richard Nelson, Columbia University
'It is to Vromen's credit that he makes a difficult subject accessible...A fascinating book' -SRH Jones, Business History
