Evolutionary Thinking in Environmental Economics

Arbeitspapier

Evolutionary and environmental economics have a potentially close relationship. This paper reviews past and identifies potential applications of evolutionary concepts and methods to environmental economics. This covers a number of themes: resource use and ecosystem management; growth and environmental resources; economic and evolutionary progress; and individual behavior and environmental policy. The treatment will address both biological and economic—including institutional, organizational and technological-evolutionary phenomena. Attention will be drawn to the fact that evolutionary economics shows a surprising neglect of environmental and natural resource factors.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 07-018/3

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Current Heterodox Approaches: Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
• Subject: Coevolution ; economic growth ; environmental policy ; innovation ; progress ; self-regulation ; renewable resources ; resilience ; social preferences ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Umwelt ; Erneuerbare Ressourcen ; Soziale Wohlfahrtsfunktion ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Umweltökonomik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Tinbergen Institute
• (where): Amsterdam and Rotterdam
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/86244
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET