This paper traces the historical origins of Friedrich A. Hayek's theory of cultural evolution,
and argues that Hayek's evolutionary thought was significantly inspired by Alexander M …

This article analyses Darwin's image among economists with a specific focus on his theory
of social evolution as presented in the Descent of Man (1871). We propose an analysis of …

Since the 1980s, institutional change has become a matter of great interest as economists
faced the necessity and the challenge to provide a theory of economic or cultural evolution …

Pourquoi en économie, en vient-on à mobiliser le concept de convention pour aborder la
question de la coordination? La convention est-elle un concept superfétatoire compte tenu …

Die vorliegende Dissertationsschrift erscheint als gedankliche Fortführung meines
Diplomstudiums an der WHU-Otto-Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar. Bereits …

This article proposes to reassess Hayek's theory of cultural evolution in the light of Darwin's
Descent of Man. It is shown that Hayek and Darwin refers to the same theory of human …