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Agreeing on generalised Darwinism : A response to Pavel Pelikan
Hodgson, G.M.; Knudsen, T. (2012)Pelikan (J Evol Econ 21:341-366, 2011) develops an interesting conceptual framework that adds to prior work on generalised Darwinism. Despite claims to the contrary we show that it is similar to the approach developed by ... -
Alfred Marshall versus the Historical School
Hodgson, G.M. (2005)A false account of Marshall’s engagements with the historical school is found among modern commentators. This false account involves the central proposition that Marshall was an opponent of the historical school. This false ... -
Capitalism, employment, and complexity : With further critical comments on another Hodgson [2] (multiple letters)
Hodgson, G.M.; Bell, S.A.; Henry, J.F. (2002-01-01) -
Choice, habit and evolution
Hodgson, G.M. (2010)Several leading mainstream economists including Gary Becker have treated habit as serially correlated behaviour resulting from deliberate choices. This approach puts choice before habit but involves assumptions of extensive ... -
Come back Marshall, all is forgiven? : Complexity, evolution, mathematics and Marshallian exceptionalism
Hodgson, G.M. (2013-12-01)Marshall was the great synthesiser of neoclassical economics. Yet with his qualified assumption of self-interest, his emphasis on variation in economic evolution and his cautious attitude to the use of mathematics, Marshall ... -
Cultural evolution is more than neurological evolution
Knudsen, T.; Hodgson, G.M. (2006-08-01)Advancing a general Darwinian framework to explain culture is an exciting endeavor. It requires that we face up to the challenge of identifying the specific components that are effective in replication processes in culture. ... -
Darwin, Veblen and the problem of causality in economics.
Hodgson, G.M. (2001-01-01)This article discusses some of the ways in which Darwinism has influenced a small minority of economists. It is argued that Darwinism involves a philosophical as well as a theoretical doctrine. Despite claims to the contrary, ... -
The emergence of property rights enforcement in early trade : A behavioral model without reputational effects
Hodgson, G.M.; Knudsen, T. (2008)The present article focuses on the conditions that allow governments to increase property rights protection because they expect enough income from such action. We develop a behavioral explanation, according to which the ... -
The Enforcement of Contracts and Property Rights : Constitutive versus Epiphenomenal Conceptions of Law
Hodgson, G.M. (2003)This paper considers the status of laws and legal institutions in modern socio-economic systems, particularly those laws relating to property, contracts and trade. Are such laws mere reflections of other socio-economic ... -
The evolution of morality and the end of economic man
Hodgson, G.M. (2014-01-01)1871 saw the publication of two major treatises in economics, with self-seeking economic man at their center. In the same year Darwin published The Descent of Man, which emphasized sympathy and cooperation as well as ... -
Evolutionary game theory and evolutionary economics : are they different species?
Hodgson, G.M.; Huang, K. (2012)Evolutionary game theory and evolutionary economics seem to inhabit different academic spheres and have little collaboration with one another. Neither side cites much research by the other. Does this de facto academic ... -
The firm as an interactor : Firms as vehicles for habits and routines
Hodgson, G.M.; Knudsen, T. (2004-07)This paper pursues a research agenda inspired by Richard Nelson and Sidney Winter's Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change (1982). This seminal work applied the Darwinian concepts of variation, replication and selection ... -
Firm-specific learning and the nature of the firm why transaction costs may provide an incomplete explanation
Hodgson, G.M.; Knudsen, T. (2007-01-01)This article discusses the limits of a purely transaction cost explanation of the existence of the firm by pointing to additional factors. A simple heuristic model shows that firm-specific learning effects can overcome the ... -
Generalizing Darwinism to social evolution : Some early attempts
Hodgson, G.M. (2005-12-01)The article focuses on the early attempts of generalizing Darwinism to social evolution. In early literature, definitions of the core concepts of a generalized Darwinism are absent. Earlier writings failed to identify the ... -
Generative replication and the evolution of complexity
Hodgson, G.M.; Knudsen, T. (2010)This paper identifies generative replication as a form of replication which has the potential to enhance complexity in social and biological evolution, including the wondrous complexity in the biological world, and complex ... -
Hayekian evolution reconsidered : A response to Caldwell
Hodgson, G.M. (2004-03-01)Caldwell (2001. Hodgson on Hayek: a critique, Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 25, 541-55) raises a number of criticisms of Hodgson's (1993. Economics and Evolution: Bringing Life Back into Economics, Cambridge, UK and ... -
The impact of empirical tests of transaction cost economics on the debate on the nature of the firm
Carter, R.; Hodgson, G.M. (2006)Transaction cost economics (TCE), as developed and operationalized by Oliver Williamson, is one of the most prominent and influential developments in the social sciences. In recent years, on the basis of many empirical ... -
In defence of generalized Darwinism
Aldrich, H.E.; Hodgson, G.M.; Hull, D.L.; Mokyr, J.; Knudsen, T.; Vanberg, V.J. (2008)Darwin himself suggested the idea of generalizing the core Darwinian principles to cover the evolution of social entities. Also in the nineteenth century, influential social scientists proposed their extension to political ... -
An institutional and evolutionary perspective on health economics
Hodgson, G.M. (2008)Neoclassical theoretical approaches dominate modern health economics. However, the peculiarities of healthcare provision are so unusual that neoclassical theory is especially unsuited to the area. Even mainstream health ... -
Institutions and individuals : Interaction and evolution
Hodgson, G.M. (2007)The conceptualization of the relation between individual and structure is central to social science. After making some key definitions, this paper overviews some recent developments in the social theory of structure and ...