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highlights the indelible mark of the exodus of Homo sapiens from Africa tens of thousands of years ago on the degree of …This essay explores the deepest roots of comparative economic development. It underscores the significance of … evolutionary processes since the Neolithic Revolution in shaping a society's endowment of fundamental traits, such as …
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This research suggests that a Darwinian evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of … economic development and the evolution of inequality within and across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit … evolved nonmonotonically in the course of human history. In early stages of development, the rise in income generated an …
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Revolution and the prehistoric "out of Africa" migration of anatomically modern humans in generating worldwide variations in the … opportunity to review this important literature in the context of his theory. …A vibrant literature has emerged in recent years to explore the influences of human evolution and the genetic …
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vibrant literature, highlighting the roles played by the Neolithic Revolution and the prehistoric “out of Africa” migration of … literature and examines the contribution of a recent hypothesis regarding the evolutionary origins of comparative economic …The importance of evolutionary forces for comparative economic performance across societies has been the focus of a …
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vibrant literature, highlighting the roles played by the Neolithic Revolution and the prehistoric "out of Africa" migration of … literature and examines the contribution of a recent hypothesis regarding the evolutionary origins of comparative economic …The importance of evolutionary forces for comparative economic performance across societies has been the focus of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653202
This paper provides an introduction to the field of evolutionary economics with emphasis on the evolutionary theory of … evolutionary theory of household behavior is to improve upon the neoclassical theory of household behavior by replacing the … household behavior. It shows that the goal of evolutionary economics is to improve upon neoclassical economics by incorporating …
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This paper provides an introduction to the field of evolutionary economics with emphasis on the evolutionary theory of … evolutionary theory of household behavior is to improve upon the neoclassical theory of household behavior by replacing the … household behavior. It shows that the goal of evolutionary economics is to improve upon neoclassical economics by incorporating …
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This paper studies how an institution such as markets affects the evolution of mankind. My key point is that the forces … probability, so that in the long run natural selection makes sure that population is entirely made of individuals with the best … of natural selection are made weaker because trade allows people to specialize in those activities where they are strong …
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of Peirce's theory of signs, I follow the lines of a naturalistic evolutionary epistemology. In this framework, the three … capacity. This implies that the growth of knowledge is the dual of the process of entropy production. This theory matches with …Recently, the maximum entropy principle has been applied to explain the evolution of complex non-equilibrium systems …
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This research suggests that a Darwinian evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of … economic development and the dynamics of inequality within and across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit … evolved non-monotonically in the course of human history. In early stages of development, risk-tolerant, growth promoting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282576