The application of evolutionary concepts in evolutionary economics

Arbeitspapier

There are several ways to incorporate evolutionary concepts into economic thinking. This article reviews the most important transfers of this kind into evolutionary economics. It broadly differentiates between approaches that draw on an analogy construction to the biological sphere, those that make metaphorical use of Darwinian ideas, and avenues that are based on the fact that other forms of - cultural - evolution rest upon foundations laid before by natural selection. It is shown that an evolutionary approach within economics informed by insights from cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and anthropology contributes to more realistic models of human behavior in economic contexts.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Papers on Economics and Evolution ; No. 1402

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; History of Economic Thought through 1925: Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary ; History of Economic Thought since 1925: Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Austrian; Stockholm School ; Current Heterodox Approaches: Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
• Subject: evolutionary economics ; human behavior ; biological evolution ; cultural evolution ; generalized Darwinism ; continuity hypothesis ; Neo-Schumpeterians ; American Institutionalism ; competition

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cordes, Christian
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Philipps-University Marburg, Department of Geography
• (where): Marburg
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/107200
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET