[Graph logo] Witt's Selection of Papers in Evolutionary Economics

 


Ulrich Witt (ed.) (1993), Evolutionary Economics, Elgar, Aldershot

This collection may function as a reading list for students interested in evolutionary economics (see also additional readings).

 

Contents

Schumpeterian Themes
  • Schumpeter, J.A. (1947), "The Creative Response in Economic History", Journal of Economic History, Vol. 7, pp. 149-159 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 3-13).
  • Schumpeter, J.A. (1928), "The Instability of Capitalism", Economic Journal, Vol. 38, pp. 361-386 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 14-39).
  • Freeman, C. (1990), "Schumpeter"s Business Cycles Revisited", in Heertje, A., and Perlman, M. (eds.), Evolving Technology and Market Structure: Studies in Schumpeterian Economics, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Mich., pp. 17-38 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 40-61).

    Economic Natural Selection and Firm and Industry Behaviour
  • Alchian, A.A. (1950), "Uncertainty, Evolution and Economic Theory", Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 58, pp. 211-221 (reprinted in Witt (1993), 65-75).
  • Winter, S.G. (1971), "Satisficing, Selection and the Innovating Remnant", Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 85, pp. 237-261 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 76-100).
  • Nelson, R.R., and Winter, S.G. (1980), "Firm and Industry Response to Changed Market Conditions: An Evolutionary Approach", Economic Inquiry, Vol. 18, pp. 179-202 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 101-24).
  • Iwai, K. (1984), "Schumpeterian Dynamics: An Evolutionary Model of Innovation and Imitation", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 5, pp. 159-190 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 125-56).

    Broader Biological Analogies
  • Matthews, R.C.O. (1984), "Darwinism and Economic Change", in Collard, D.A., Dimsdale, N.H., Gilbert, C.L., Helm, D.R., Scott, M.F.G., and Sen, A.K. (eds.), Economic Theory and Hicksian Themas, Clarendon Press, Oxford, pp. 91-117 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 159-85).
  • Gowdy, J.M. (1985), "Evolutionary Theory and Economic Theory: Some Methodological Issues", Review of Social Economy, Vol. 43, pp. 316-324 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 186-194).
  • Hirschleifer, J. (1982), "Evolutionary Models in Economics and Law: Cooperation versus Conflict Strategies", Research in Law and Economics, Vol. 4, pp. 1-60 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 195-254).

    Path-Dependency and Bifurcations: Aspects of Non-linear Dynamics
  • Arthur, W.B., Ermoliev, Y.M., and Kaniovski, Y.M. (1987), "Path-Dependent Processes and the Emergence of Macro-Structure", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 30, pp. 294-303 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 257-66).
  • David, P.A. (1985), "Clio and the Economics of QWERTY", American Economic Review. Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 75, pp. 332-337 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 267-72).
  • Kuran, T. (1989), "Sparks and Prairie Fires: A Theory of Unanticipated Political Revolution", Public Choice, Vol. 61, pp. 41-74 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 273-306).
  • Haag, G., Weidlich, W., and Mensch, G. (1987), "The Schumpeter Clock", in Batten, D., Casti, J., and Johansson, B. (eds.), Economic Evolution and Structural Adjustment, Springer, Berlin, pp. 187-226 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 307-346).

    Knowledge, Innovation and Competition
  • Loasby, B. (1983), "Knowledge, Learning and Enterprise", in Wiseman, J. (ed.) Beyond Positive Economics?, St. Martin, New York, pp. 54-85 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 349-366).
  • Metcalfe, J.S. (1989), "Evolution and Economic Change", in Silberston, A. (ed.) Technology and Economic Progress, Macmillan, London, pp. 54-85 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 367-98).
  • Hayek, F.A. (1978), "Competition as a Discovery Procedure", in Hayek, F.A., New Studies in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 179-90 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 399-410).
  • Witt, U. (1985), "Coordination of Individual Economic Activities as an Evolving Process of Self-Organization", Economie Appliquée, Vol. 37, pp. 569-595 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 411-437).

    Cultural Evolution and Spontaneous Order
  • Boyd, R., and Richerson, P.J. (1980), "Sociobiology, Culture and Economic Theory", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 1, pp. 97-121 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 441-465).
  • Vanberg, V. (1986), "Spontaneous Market Order and Social Rules: A Critical Examination of F.A. Hayek's Theory of Cultural Evolution", Economics and Philosophy, Vol. 2, pp. 75-100 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 482-507).
  • Sugden, R. (1989), "Spontaneous Order", Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 3, pp. 85-97 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 508-20).

    Economic Growth and Development in the Long Run
  • Boulding, K.E. (1981), Evolutionary Economics, Sage, Beverly Hills, Cal. and London (pp. 23-47 reprinted in Witt, 1993, 523-547).
  • Marchetti, C. (1980), "Society as a Learning System: Discovery, Invention, and Innovation Cycles Revisited", Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 18, pp. 267-282 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 548-563).
  • Day, R.H., and Walter, J.-L. (1989), "Economic Growth in the Very Long Run: On the Multiple-Phase Interaction of Population, Technology, and Social Infrastructure", in Barnett, W.A., Geweke, J., and Shell, K. (eds.), Chaos, Sunspots, Bubbles, and Nonlinearity, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 253-289 (reprinted in Witt, 1993, 564-600).

  • Maintained by Esben Sloth Andersen, email: esa@business.aau.dk.
    Revision: 09 August 2004, 13:34.