In this paper, we present results from of a large-scale replication of Hodgson and Rothman's (1999) seminal analysis of the institutional and geographical concentration of authors publishing in top economic journals. We analyze bibliometric data of more than 49.000 articles published in a set of...

Dieser kurze Text bietet eine kursorische Einführung in die klassische ökonomische Verhaltenstheorie, die auf der Kunstfigur des homo oeconomicus beruht. Es wird versucht die konzeptionellen Grundlagen des Modells darzulegen, die wesentlichen Intuitionen des Modells zu vermitteln und zentrale...

This paper analyzes developmental trajectories in the EU. In doing so, it diagnoses economic polarization on two different levels: for one, we observe a divergence of average incomes across EU countries as a persistent empirical feature associated with European integration. For another, European...

Der klassische Liberalismus hat die Sicherung individueller Freiheit zum Ziel - im politischen Liberalismus durch die Gewährleistung der Menschwürde und der demokratischen Rechte, im Wirtschaftsliberalismus durch die Sicherung der Freiheit wirtschaftlicher Aktivitäten. Mit Bezug auf...

Die offene Gesellschaft ist ein wesentlicher Kulminationspunkt der Aufklärung und basiert auf der Vorstellung, dass sozialer Fortschritt durch eine gewaltfreie, wissenschaftsgeleitete und demokratische Auseinandersetzung, über gesellschaftliche Konfliktmomente, gefördert werden kann. Während...

At its core, the discussion on the micro-macro link in heterodox economics is concerned with the correct treatment of aggregates and aggregation in social theory. In this chapter we survey heterodox approaches to the micro-macro link with a focus on shared understandings and convictions that...

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the ongoing debate on global income inequality. It shows that global income inequality is a valuable analytical concept that significantly enhances our understanding of global economic dynamics. By addressing key methodological issues in the...

This short paper explains the theory of path dependence and clarifies its relation to concepts such as positive feedback or lock-in, arguing that path dependence is a core theoretical element of political economy in general, and institutional and evolutionary economics in particular. We first...

This entry discusses the concept of "systemism", elaborates how it implicitly underpinned most seminal works of evolutionary-institutional economics, and explains how future research would benefit from making the systemist nature of evolutionary economics more explicit. More precisely, the paper...

By studying the factors underlying differences in trade performance across European economies, this paper derives six different "trade models" for 22 EU-countries and explores their developmental and distributional implications. We first introduce a typology of trade models by clustering...