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dc.contributor.authorLevit, Georgy S.en
dc.contributor.authorHossfeld, Uween
dc.contributor.authorWitt, Ulrichen
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-18-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-24T15:43:50Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-24T15:43:50Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:gbv:27-20110628-132447-0en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/57530-
dc.description.abstractIt has been suggested that, by generalizing Darwinian principles, a common foundation can be derived for all scientific disciplines dealing with evolutionary processes, especially for evolutionary economics. In this paper we show, however, that the principles of such a Generalized Darwinism are not those that in the development of evolutionary biology have been crucial for distinguishing Darwinian from non-Darwinian approaches and, hence, cannot be considered genuinely Darwinian. Moreover, we wonder how Generalized Darwinism can be made fruitful for evolutionary economics given that its principles are but an abstract hull that does not suffice to explain actual evolutionary processes in the economy. To that end specific hypotheses are required which neither follow from, nor are necessarily compatible with, the suggested abstract principles. Accordingly, we find little evidence in the literature for the claim that Generalized Darwinism can enhance the explanatory power of an evolutionary approach to economics.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aMax Planck Institute of Economics |cJenaen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aPapers on Economics and Evolution |x1007en
dc.subject.jelB25en
dc.subject.jelB40en
dc.subject.jelB52en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordDarwinismen
dc.subject.keywordevolutionen
dc.subject.keywordevolutionary economicsen
dc.subject.keyword'Generalized Darwinism'en
dc.subject.keywordvariationen
dc.subject.keywordselectionen
dc.subject.keywordretentionen
dc.subject.stwBioökonomiken
dc.subject.stwEvolutionsökonomiken
dc.titleCan Darwinism be 'generalized' and of what use would this be?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn636882659en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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