Institutions as determinants of preference change - a one way relation?

Some of the most famous pioneers together with the most promising new practitioners in the field show within this book how they define their subject. This is an authoritative survey of the many branches of evolutionary economics, containing innovative new perspectives on market dynamics and evolutionary institutional mechanisms. The authors also tackle enduring problems in the field such as profound uncertainty and the significance of knowledge in economics. This coherent and tightly focused book will appeal to a wide variety of scholars involved in evolutionary and institutional economics, and evolutionary theory. It will also appeal to researchers and academics at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate levels.