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1 - Evolutionary Economics

Taking Stock of Its Progress and Emerging Challenges

from Part I - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2018

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Ulrich Witt  and
Andreas Chai
Edited by
Ulrich Witt  and
Andreas Chai
Ulrich Witt
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute, Jena
Andreas Chai
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Queensland
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Understanding Economic Change
Advances in Evolutionary Economics
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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